Parallelodon louisianensis Williams 1931

Abstract

Parallelodon louisianensis Williams, 1931 Original source Williams (1931): 139, pl. 1 figs 5–6. Type stratum and age Louisiana Limestone, Kinderhookian; Tournaisian, Mississippian, Carboniferous. Type locality “ locality 615, along the Mississippi River, at Louisiana, Missouri”; the locality is further specified on p. 133 as “NE. 1/4 sec. 18, T 54 N., R. 1 W. - North of Louisiana Milling Co., Louisiana, Missouri ”, United States of America. Type material Holotype, a LV (3656), and paratype, a RV (3657), are stored at the University of Missouri mentioned by Williams (1943). Remarks Williams (1943) noted that the species might be a member of Cypricardinia, but the similarity to P. sulcatus (Weller, 1906) “outweighed other considerations and was the deciding factor.”

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