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Ophiopetra bathonica

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopetra bathonica was named by Hess (1964). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ophiopetra bathonica Hess p. 793 figs. figs. 46-48; pl. 8
1972Ophiopetra bathonica Hess p. 39 figs. figs. 42-4; pl. 10 fig. 3
2008Ophiopetra bathonica Hess and Meyer p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
infraorderChilophiurina
familyAplocomidae
subfamilyOphiopetrinae
genusOphiopetra
speciesbathonica

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.

†Ophiopetra bathonica Hess 1964
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Disk and arm plates rather massive; 4-6 leaf-like oral papillae; teeth obtuse; tentacle scales small; three arm spines, length barely reaching arm segment.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.60000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Switzerland Ophiopetra bathonica (32036)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Ophiopetra bathonica (type locality: 59035)