Dermocoma toarcensis, figs. 7-8.

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 toarcensis

Name

Dermocoma toarcensis (Hess, 1962) Thuy, 2013

Original combination: Ophiacantha toarcensis Hans Hess, 1962
Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Toarcian
Etymology: derived from the stage Toarcian

Synonymy

References

  • Hess, H. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II: Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 55(2): 609-656. DOI: 10.5169/seals-162940 Open access Reference page.  [see page 649, original description]
  • 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 145-146, recombination reference]


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