Parallelodon cooperi L. R. Cox 1946

Abstract

Parallelodon cooperi L.R. Cox, 1946 Original source Cox (1946): 612, pl. 13 fig. 4. Type stratum and age “Sekondi Series (Upper Palaeozoic)”; original collection label states “Devono-Carboniferous Sekondi Series”; Takoradi Sandstones and Takoradi Shales, Lower Devonian to lower Carboniferous (Machens 1973). Type locality Accra, west of Cape Coast and 45 miles from Cape Coast to beyond Takoradi; Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Type material Holotype (as the only specimen) is a RV stored at the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK PI PL 485; positiv and negativ). Remarks Further mentioned by Machens (1973) and Amler & Friedel (2025).

Authors 3

1. Julia C. Friedel

   University of Cologne

   Affiliation as printed

   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

   Affiliation as printed

   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

   Affiliation as printed

   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