Parallelodon elongatus Hind 1904

Abstract

Parallelodon elongatus Hind, 1904 [invalid] Original source Hind (1904): 138, pl. 24 fig. 16. Type stratum and age “Knipe Scar Limestone”; Great Knipe Scar Limestone Group, Asbian, Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous. Type locality “ Shap, Westmoreland ”; Cumbria, United Kingdom. Type material The figured specimen is a steinkern of a LV and stored at the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK PI L 47736; coll. Hind). Remarks Junior homonym of Parallelodon elongatus Yanishevsky, 1900, a Carboniferous species from Russia, and secondary homonym of Macrodon [= Parallelodon] elongatus Bittner, 1901, a Triassic species from Hungary (see also ICZN 1999, Art. 57.3.2.). Also, a potential, secondary homonym of Cucullaea elongata J. De C. Sowerby, 1824, which was placed in Parallelodon by some authors (e.g., Kunz 1964). Currently, the species is classified in Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) according to Fürsich et al. (2019). A replacement name is required.

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