Macrodon hamiltoniae var. irvinensis Foerste, 1909
Original source
Foerste (1909): 521, pl. 27 fig. 15a–c; originally as “ hamiltoniae-irvinensis var. nov.”.
Type stratum and age
“Bedford-Berea”; upper Famennian, Upper Devonian (Over 2021).
Type locality
“ Indian Fields, Irvine, Kentucky ”, United States of America.
Type material
Syntype (USNM PAL 78759) stored at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Paleobiology Collection, Washington, D.C.
Remarks
The variety was raised to species level and placed in Parallelodon by Hyde (1953: 300), Driscoll (1965: 99) and and Pashin & Ettensohn (1992: 28).
Publication Date: 2026-06-04