Megalodon suboblongus de Verneuil

Abstract

Megalodon suboblongus de Verneuil in Murchison et al., 1845 Original source Murchison et al. (1845): 305, pl. 20 fig. 4. Type stratum and age “des calcaires dévoniens”; Devonian limestones; probably lower Famennian (cf. Lebedev et al. 2020), Devonian. Type locality “des environs de Zadonsk, sur les bords du Don” [from the vicinity of Zadonsk, on the banks of the Don River]; Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. Type material Not traced. Remarks Based on the morphology, Amler & Friedel (2025) suggested a probable affiliation with Parallelodon.

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

   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