Grammatodon hexacostata Bird 1968
Abstract
Grammatodon hexacostata Bird, 1968 Original source Bird (1968): 139, pl. 13 figs 1–2. Type stratum and age “Bed ten of Gaptank Formation”; Upper Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous according to Wardlaw & Nestell (2019). Type locality “[USNM] locality 700a – same as locality 700 [2 miles S. 17° E. of Gaptank, 1 1/ 4 miles E. of a point on the Fort Stockton road 2 miles S. of Gaptank, about 23 1/ 2 miles NE of Marathon, Texas] but 1/ 4 mile E. in a small canyon ”, United States of America. Type material Holotype is a RV (USNM PAL 155835; pl. 13 fig. 1a–b). Paratype is a RV (USNM PAL 155836; pl. 13 fig. 2a–b). All stored at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Paleobiology Collection, Washington, D.C. Remarks Bird (1968) consistently used a feminine ending for all species of Grammatodon, but the gender of the genus is masculine; the correct spelling is hexacostatus.
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Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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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
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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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