Mnataia Prantl & Ruzicka 1955

Abstract

Mnataia Prantl & Růžička, 1955 Original source Prantl & Růžička (1955b): 4 [Russian], 9 [English]. Type species Mnataia pribyli Prantl & Růžička, 1955; by original designation. Middle Devonian, Czech Republic. Gender Female. Remarks Originally placed in “a special group of pseudocyrtodont pelecypods”; questionably synonymised with Parallelodon by Newell (1969). Amler & Friedel (2025) discussed potential cyrtodontid and parallelodontid affinities, yet without conclusion. The genus and species were erected based on a single incomplete valve of 6 mm in length.

Authors 3

1. Julia C. Friedel

   University of Cologne

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   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany

2. Thomas A. Neubauer Aachen Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Bavarian Natural History Collections · Naturalis Biodiversity Center · Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie

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   SNSB - Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Michael R. W. Amler

   University of Cologne · Philipps University of Marburg

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   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany. & Department of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 10, 35032 Marburg, Germany