Ophiogaleus constrictus, figs. 8-10.

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: †Ophiogaleus
Species: †Ophiogaleus constrictus

Name

Ophiogaleus constrictus (Hess, 1966) Thuy, 2013

Original combination: Ophiacantha constricta Hess, 1966
Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian

Synonymy

  • Ophiacantha constricta Hess, 1966

References

  • Hess, H. 1966. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren V: Die Ophiuren aus dem Argovien (unteres Ober-Oxford) vom Guldental (Kt. Solothurn) und von Savigna (Dépt. Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 59: 1025-1063. DOI: 10.5169/seals-163406 Open access Reference page.  [original description as ''Ophiacantha constricta]
  • 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 115-118]


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