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Vetupraeca n. gen. and Mucopraeca n. gen. (Cryptodonta, Bivalvia): A reappraisal of Late Devonian bivalves from the Hercynian Facies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Judith Nagel-Myers ,
Michael R. W. Amler  and
R. Thomas Becker
Judith Nagel-Myers
Affiliation:
Paleontological Research Institution, Cornell University, 1259 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca, New York 14850,
Michael R. W. Amler
Affiliation:
LMU München, Department f. Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Sektion Paläontologie, Richard Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 München, Germany
R. Thomas Becker
Affiliation:
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut Münster, Correns str. 24, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Abstract

Bivalves from the Late Devonian pelagic or Hercynian Facies of classical regions such as eastern North America and Europe have not been investigated for almost a century.

A group of small, radially ribbed bivalves frequently occurs in association with ammonoids and conodonts in pelagic cephalopod limestones and shales of the latest Frasnian and early Famennian. These bivalves have traditionally been assigned to the Late Silurian genus Praecardium Barrande, 1881. Re-studying the types of the Late Devonian taxa, Cardium? vetustum Hall, 1843, Cardiola duplicata Münster, 1840, Praecardium clymeniae Beushausen, 1895, Praecardium melletes Clarke, 1904, and Praecardium multicostatum Clarke, 1904 shows that they differ significantly from Praecardium.

As a result, two new genera, Vetupraeca n. gen. and Mucopraeca n. gen, are established. Furthermore, neotypes are designated for Cardiola nehdensis, Kayser, 1873 and Vetupraeca clymeniae (Beushausen, 1895), and lectotypes are chosen for Mucopraeca multicostata (Clarke, 1904) and Vetupraeca duplicata (Münster, 1840). These bivalve taxa were widely distributed in the subtropical to tropical, latest Frasnian/early Famennian outer shelf habitats of Laurussia and Gondwana.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 1150 - 1160
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