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Macrodus expansus var. alsaticus Tornquist 1896

Abstract

Macrodus expansus var. alsaticus Tornquist, 1896 [invalid] Original source Tornquist (1896): 96 [630], pl. 19 fig. 9. Type stratum and age “[in der] schiefrigen Facies des Kohlenkalks ” (Tornquist 1895: 23) [shaly facies of the Carboniferous Limestone]; middle to upper Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous (Amler 1987). Type locality “ Hohlweg unterhalb der Ferme [Bauernhof] Pütig ”; along the route from Bourbach-le-Haut to Masevaux, Département Haut-Rhin, France. Type material The whereabouts of the material studied by Tornquist (1896) are unknown. He stated the material as belonging to the “Geologische Landesanstalt Elsass-Lothringen”. Amler (1987) stated that the Tornquist collection in the Strasbourg Museum was destroyed in a fire (see also Hubmann 2014). Remarks Synonym of Parallelodon koeneni (Tornquist, 1896) according to Amler (1987).

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  1. University of Cologne

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    Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany

  2. 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. 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

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