Cucullaea obtusa Phillips 1836

Abstract

Cucullaea obtusa Phillips, 1836 Original source Phillips (1836): 210, pl. 5 fig. 19. Type stratum and age Top of Lower Scar Limestones; probably Great Scar Limestone, Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous (Phillips 1836: 241; Amler 1987: 160). Type locality “Bolland”; south of Ogden Reservoir, west of Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Type material The whereabouts of the material are unknown (Hind 1897: 168). Remarks Placed in Parallelodon by De Koninck (1885). Note that De Koninck used a broad species concept, resulting in morphologically very different specimens being identified as Parallelodon obtusus (Hind 1897: 168; Amler 1987: 160).

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