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Ophiurinidae
Taxonomy
Ophiurinidae was named by Gregory (1897). It is not extant. Its type is Ophiurina.
It was assigned to Streptophiurae by Schuchert (1915); to Myophiurina by Owen (1965); to Chilophiurina by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Haude and Thomas (1983); and to Chilophiurina by Calzada and Gutiérrez (1988).
It was assigned to Streptophiurae by Schuchert (1915); to Myophiurina by Owen (1965); to Chilophiurina by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Haude and Thomas (1983); and to Chilophiurina by Calzada and Gutiérrez (1988).
Subtaxa
Argentinaster, Ophiaulax, Ophiurina (type genus), Silesiaster, Stephanoura, Stephanouropsis, Syntomospina
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Ophiurinidae Gregory |
| 1915 | Ophiurinidae Schuchert p. 246 |
| 1965 | Ophiurinidae Owen p. 558 |
| 1966 | Ophiurinidae Spencer and Wright p. U93 |
| 1983 | Ophiurinidae Haude and Thomas p. 132 |
| 1988 | Ophiurinidae Calzada and Gutiérrez p. 36 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Ophiurinidae Gregory 1897
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G. †Argentinaster Ruedemann 1916
G. †Silesiaster Schwarzbach and Zimmermann 1936
G. †Stephanouropsis Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988
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†Stephanouropsis moralejai Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988
G. †Syntomospina Morris et al. 1973
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†Syntomospina kaiyangensis Feng 1985
†Syntomospina kuehni Morris et al. 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Ladinian or 409.10000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Devonian | Argentina (Jachal) | Argentinaster bodenbenderi (39230) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | Ophiurina lymani (26904) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Stephanoura belgica (38276 38277 38335) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Ophiaulax decheni, Stephanoura belgica (127756) Stephanoura belgica (127753 127755) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Syntomospina kaiyangensis (32498) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | China (Guizhou) | Ophiaulax bijiensis (32500) | |
| Ladinian | Spain | Stephanouropsis moralejai (73477) |