Dermocoma potti, figs. 4-6.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Ophiuroidea
Subclasse: Myophiuroidea
Infraclasse: Metophiurida
Superordo: Ophintegrida
Ordo: Ophiacanthida
Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Dermocoma
Species: †Dermocoma potti

Name

Dermocoma potti Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 3AD371F8-AFD1-4629-A4FF-448A10F04AB1
Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian
Holotype: GZG.INV.78675.
Type locality: Feuguerolles, France; calcarenitic sediments infilling topography on surface of unconformity, late Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78676 and GZG.INV.78677.
Etymology: named after Christian Pott.

References

  • Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Open access Reference page.  [see pages 143-145, original description]


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