Macrodus simplex Tornquist 1896

Abstract

Macrodus simplex Tornquist, 1896 Original source Tornquist (1896): 98 [632], pl. 19 fig. 8. 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 Tornquist (1896) considered specimens identified as Parallelodon obtusus (Phillips, 1836) by De Koninck (1885) as a different species and introduced Macrodon simplex. Potentially a junior synonym of Parallelodon intermedius (De Koninck, 1885) according to Amler (1987).

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