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Archaeophiomusium burrisi

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Ophiuraster burrisi was named by Miller (1958). Its type specimen is Paleontological collection of the Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Holotype 11382H 1 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ophiomusium burrisi by Miller (1963); it was recombined as Archaeophiomusium burrisi by Mayou (1967), Hattin (1967) and Mayou (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ophiuraster burrisi Miller p. 360 figs. fig. 4
1959Ophiuraster burrisi Hattin p. 1125 figs. fig. 1
1963Ophiomusium burrisi Miller p. 725
1967Archaeophiomusium burrisi Hattin p. 492
1967Archaeophiomusium burrisi Mayou p. 120
1969Archaeophiomusium burrisi Mayou pp. 936-937 figs. Text-fig. 2, pl. 113 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusArchaeophiomusium
speciesburrisi()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. V. Mayou 1969Small ophiuroids with 30 aboral disk plates arranged concentrically around a centrodorsal plate, and five thin radially oriented arms.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-11 13:38:22
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:48:07
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Warner 1982, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Noginskian to the top of the Kungurian or 301.20000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Ophiuraster burrisi (94604)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Oklahoma) Ophiuraster burrisi (94603)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Ophiuraster burrisi (94602)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Archaeophiomusium burrisi (97421)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) Archaeophiomusium burrisi (38745 38826 38827)