Ophiuroidea, Lower Turonian, Kutná Hora - Kank, Bohemian basin (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.8° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bìlà Hora Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Lower part of the Bìlà Hora Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified marl

• The Bohemian material comes from nearshore deposits.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• 3 vertebrae and 1 lateral arm plate

Primary reference: R. Storc. 2004. The Late Cretaceous brittle star Ophiosmilax? alternatus from Europe and northern Africa. Géobios 37:395-401 [L. Villier/J. Millet/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62041: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 11.07.2006, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
? Ophiomusium cf. granulosum1 Roemer 1841 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
? Ophiura serrata1 Roemer 1841 brittle star
 Euryalida - Asteronychidae
Asteronychidae indet.1 Müller and Troschel 1840 basket star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiobyrsidae
? Ophiosmilax alternatus Kutscher and Jagt 2000 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha aff. danica1 Rasmussen 1951 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
"? Amphiura senonensis" = Ophiocoma senonensis1
"? Amphiura senonensis" = Ophiocoma senonensis1 Valette 1914 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
"? Ophiura substriata" = Ophioderma substriatum1
"? Ophiura substriata" = Ophioderma substriatum1 Rasmussen 1950 brittle star
 Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
? Amphiura plana2 Kutscher and Jagt 2000 brittle star
lareral arm plate