MolluscaBase taxon details
Mecynodon Keferstein, 1857 †
1799060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1799060)
accepted
Genus
Megalodus carinatus Goldfuss, 1837 † accepted as Mecynodon carinatus (Goldfuss, 1837) † (type by subsequent designation)
Mecynodus Beushausen, 1895 † · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Keferstein, W. (1857). Ueber einige deutsche devonische Conchiferen aus der Verwandtschaft der Trigoniaceen und Carditaceen. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9: 149-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36938804
page(s): 158 [details]
page(s): 158 [details]
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original description
Keferstein, W. (1857). Ueber einige deutsche devonische Conchiferen aus der Verwandtschaft der Trigoniaceen und Carditaceen. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 9: 149-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36938804
page(s): 158 [details]
original description (of Mecynodus Beushausen, 1895 †) Beushausen, L. (1895). Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, Neue Folge.</em> 17: 1-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35943175
page(s): 189, 191, 194, 195 [details]
basis of record Pojeta, J. Jr.; Zhang, R.-J.; Yang, Z.-Y. (1986). Systematic paleontology of Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. In: Pojeta, J. Jr. Devonian Rocks and Lower and Middle Devonian Pelecypods of Guangxi, China, and the Traverse Group of Michigan. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1394-G: 57-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1394AG
page(s): 84 [details]
subsequent type designation Haffer, J. (1959). Der Schlossbau früh-heterodonter Lamellibranchiaten aus dem Rheinischen Devon. <em>Palaeontographica (Abteilung A, Palaeo - zoologie, Stratigraphie).</em> 112(5–6):133–192, pl. 11–14.
page(s): 177 [details]
page(s): 158 [details]
original description (of Mecynodus Beushausen, 1895 †) Beushausen, L. (1895). Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, Neue Folge.</em> 17: 1-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35943175
page(s): 189, 191, 194, 195 [details]
basis of record Pojeta, J. Jr.; Zhang, R.-J.; Yang, Z.-Y. (1986). Systematic paleontology of Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. In: Pojeta, J. Jr. Devonian Rocks and Lower and Middle Devonian Pelecypods of Guangxi, China, and the Traverse Group of Michigan. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1394-G: 57-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1394AG
page(s): 84 [details]
subsequent type designation Haffer, J. (1959). Der Schlossbau früh-heterodonter Lamellibranchiaten aus dem Rheinischen Devon. <em>Palaeontographica (Abteilung A, Palaeo - zoologie, Stratigraphie).</em> 112(5–6):133–192, pl. 11–14.
page(s): 177 [details]
