Lapidaster lukenederi, figs. 1-3.

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 lukenederi

Name

Lapidaster lukenederi Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 7E64C5B3-CAFF-4342-AD67-DDB05F3050EB
Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Valanginian.
Holotype: NHMW 2012/0138/0001.
Type locality: KB1-A section of Lukeneder (2004) in the Ternberg Nappe, Austria; Verrucosum Zone, late Valanginian, Early Cretaceous.
Paratypes: NHMW 2012/0138/0002 and NHMW 2012/0138/0003.
Etymology: named after Alexander Lukeneder.

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 46-47, original description]


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