Lapidaster etteri, figs. 1-5.

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 etteri

Name

Lapidaster etteri Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: DFBC69CF-37F1-4D39-A8F3-D8DA46708D05
Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.
Holotype: NHMB M11209.
Type locality: Longecombe, France; Renggeri Member, Bärschwil Formation, early Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.
Paratypes: NHMB M11210, NHMB M11211, NHMB M11212 and NHMB M11213.
Etymology: named after Walter Etter.

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 28-30, original description]


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