Lapidaster coreytaylori, figs. 5-7.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster coreytaylori

Name

Lapidaster coreytaylori Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: EC3622FF-FE17-43EF-8626-8270BA1F7C38
Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Aptian.
Holotype: GZG.INV.78523.
Type locality: Carniol, France; Furcatus Zone, middle Aptian, Early Cretaceous.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78524, GZG.INV.78525 and GZG.INV.78526.
Etymology: named after Corey Taylor, lead vocalist of the rockgroup Slipknot and Stone Sour.

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 47-49, original description]


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