Taxonavigation

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster fasciatus

Name

Lapidaster fasciatus (Kutscher & Villier, 2003) Thuy, 2013

Original combination: Sinosura fasciata Kutscher & Villier, 2003

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Toarcian.

Holotype: MHNH 9056

Type locality: Hauts-Coteaux quarry, Sainte-Verge(Deux-Sèvres, France)

Paratypes: MHNH 9057

Etymology: from Latin fasciatus (striped).

References

• Kutscher, M., Villier, L. 2003. Ophiuroid remains from the Toarcian of Sainte-Verge (Deux-Sèvres, France): paleobiological perspectives. Geobios. 36: 179-194. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00005-6 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see page 185 as Sinosura fasciata, 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 Reference page.  [see {pages 32-34, recombination reference]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster fasciatus (Kutscher & Villier, 2003) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745227 on 2020-07-08
• BHL bibliography
• Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Lapidaster fasciatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page. 
• Lapidaster fasciatus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lapidaster fasciatus.
• ION

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