Ophiotoma vadosa, figs. 5-7.

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: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotoma
Species: †Ophiotoma vadosa

Name

Ophiotoma vadosa Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 698A06E5-BC2D-4729-8C41-15F2EBBFEB3E
Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Plienscachian.
Holotype: GZG.INV.78541.
Type locality: Blockley, near Cheltenham, Great Britain; shell lenses in clayey matrix, Davoei Zone, early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78542 and GZG.INV.78543.
Etymology: from Latin vadosus (shallow).

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 59-60, original description]
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