Cucullopsis quadrata Chao 1927

Abstract

Cucullopsis quadrata Chao, 1927 Original source Chao (1927): 10, pl. 1 figs 11–13. Type stratum and age “ Spirifer taiyuanensis zone, Houkou limestone, Lincheng coal field”; Houkou limestone, Taiyuan Formation, upper Carboniferous to lower Permian (Fang et al. 2009). Type locality “ Lincheng coal field, S. Chihli (Loc. 158) ”; Lincheng County, Xingtai, Hebei, China. Type material Number of type specimens not indicated, but three syntypes (“cotypes”) are illustrated on pl. 1 figs 11–13 (inv. no. 1220 –1222). The syntype with inv. no. 1220 (pl. 1 fig. 11) is also figured by Newell (1969: fig. c6.2). Fang et al. (2009) referred to this specimen incorrectly as the “holotype”. All stored at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing.

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