Grammatodon biplicata Bird 1968

Abstract

Grammatodon biplicata Bird, 1968 Original source Bird (1968): 142, pl. 12 figs 10–11. Type stratum and age “lower Mercer Limestone”; Pottsville Formation, Bashkirian to Moscovian, Lower to Middle Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous. Type locality “ Near Somerset ”; Perry Co., Ohio, United States of America. Type material Holotype (pl. 12 fig. 10) and paratype (pl. 12 fig. 11) are BV specimens and stored at the Orton Museum, Ohio State University, coll. no. 9188. Both collected by Morningstar. Remarks Bird (1968) consistently used a feminine ending for all species of Grammatodon, but the gender of the genus is masculine; the correct spelling is biplicatus.

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

   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