Ophiocamax dorotheae, figs. 7-11.

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: Ophiocamacidae
Genus: Ophiocamax
Species: †Ophiocamax dorotheae

Name

Ophiocamax dorotheae Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 412FC94A-B8E6-48B2-915D-E719B0AD10CC
Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian
Holotype: GZG.INV.78763.
Type locality: Savigna, France; sample S2b of Gale (2011), Bimammatum Zone, late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78764, GZG.INV.78765, GZG.INV.78766 and GZG.INV.78767.
Etymology: named after Dorothea Hause-Reitner

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 199-203]


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