MolluscaBase name details
Macrodus [sic] †
1775092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1775092)
unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of Macrodon Buckman, 1845, which is a junior homonym of Macrodon Schinz, 1822 [Pisces]; Parallelodon and Beushausenia are replacement names)
Genus
- Species Macrodus beneckei Tornquist, 1896 † accepted as Parallelodon beneckei (Tornquist, 1896) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Macrodon Buckman, 1845 †) Buckman, J. (1845). Descriptions of the new species of fossils named in the foregoing list. In: R.I. Murchison, Outline of the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham. A new edition, augmented and revised by James Buckman, F.G.S., and H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S. John Murray, London / H. Davies, Cheltenham; pp. 93-106, pls. 1-13., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=GK9KmkjQFYYC
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrodus [sic] †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1775092 on 2025-09-11
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(of Macrodon Buckman, 1845 †) Buckman, J. (1845). Descriptions of the new species of fossils named in the foregoing list. In: R.I. Murchison, Outline of the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham. A new edition, augmented and revised by James Buckman, F.G.S., and H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S. John Murray, London / H. Davies, Cheltenham; pp. 93-106, pls. 1-13., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=GK9KmkjQFYYC
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
basis of record Tornquist, A. (1896). Das fossilführende Untercarbon am östlichen Rossbergmassiv in den Südvogesen. 2. Beschreibung der Lamellibranchiaten-Fauna. <em>Abhandlungen zur geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen.</em> 5(5): 1-188. [details]
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
basis of record Tornquist, A. (1896). Das fossilführende Untercarbon am östlichen Rossbergmassiv in den Südvogesen. 2. Beschreibung der Lamellibranchiaten-Fauna. <em>Abhandlungen zur geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen.</em> 5(5): 1-188. [details]
