Lapidaster mastodon, figs. 6-8.

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 mastodon

Name

Lapidaster mastodon Thuy, 2013

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.

Holotype: GZG .INV.78517. Paratypes: GZG .INV.78518 and GZG.INV.78519.

Type locality: Plettenberg near Balingen, southern Germany; clay pockets between sponge associations in the lowest bed exposed at the quarry, Bimammatum Zone, Late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.

Etymology: Named after the rockgroup Mastodon. (See Thuy, 2013. Note that Mastodon Cuvier, 1817 is also a synonym of Mammut, an extinct genus of mammals.)

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 42–44, original description]
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