Geromura touertensis, figs. 8-10.

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: †Geromura
Species: Geromura touertensis

Name

Geromura touertensis Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 83E97048-1F4F-447A-927A-EA58AE3B4973
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Bajocian.
Holotype: GZG.INV.78571.
Type locality: Le Touert near Chaudon, France; marl bed at the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary, Middle Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78572 and GZG.INV.78573.
Etymology: named after its type locality, Le Touert.

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 74-75, original description]


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