Lapidaster hystricarboris, figs. 4-6.

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 hystricarboris

Name

Lapidaster hystricarboris Thuy, 2013

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian.

Holotype: GZG .INV.78501. Paratypes: GZG .INV.78502 and GZG.INV.78503.

Type locality: Blockley, near Cheltenham, Great Britain; shell lenses in clay matrix, Davoei Zone, early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.

Etymology: derived from Hystrix, a genus of porcupine, and from the Latin arbor (tree), for the musical band Porcupine Tree

References

Primary 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 31–32, original description.]
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