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Parallelodon elongatus Hind 1904

Year: 2026

Type: article

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.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20750627

Authors: Friedel, Julia C., Neubauer, Thomas A., Amler, Michael R. W.

Institutions: University of Cologne, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Bavarian Natural History Collections, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Philipps University of Marburg

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W7165201411

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