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Aplocominae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Aplocominae was named by Hess and Meyer (2008).

It was assigned to Aplocomidae by Hess and Meyer (2008).

Subtaxa
Geocoma, Sinosura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Aplocominae Hess and Meyer pp. 30, 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
—AnkhuridaThuy et al. 2024
—OphiovalidaThuy et al. 2024
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
infraorderChilophiurina
familyAplocomidae
subfamilyAplocominae
subfamilyAplocominae

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.

Subfm. †Aplocominae Hess and Meyer 2008
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G. †Geocoma d'Orbigny 1850
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†Geocoma canjuersensis Roman et al. 1993
†Geocoma carinata Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Ophiocten kelheimense Boehm 1889 [synonym]
†Geocoma libanotica König 1825
†Geocoma magna Bataller 1941
†Geocoma planata Quenstedt 1876
†Geocoma schoentalensis Hess and Meyer 2008
G. †Sinosura Hess 1964
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†Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866
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Invalid names: Ophiopinna helvetica Hess 1962 [synonym], Ophiura longivertebralis Wolburg 1939 [synonym]
†Sinosura extensa Kutscher and Villier 2003
†Sinosura fasciata Kutscher and Villier 2003
†Sinosura jasmundensis Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Sinosura portei Guillaume 1926
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Invalid names: Ophiolepis ranvillensis Porte 1927 [objective synonym]
†Sinosura reicheli Hess 1965
†Sinosura schneideri Kutscher 1987
†Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Arm spines small, adpressed, inserted on indistinct sockets; arm plates commonly striated.
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 Sinemurian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 199.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Sinosura brodiei, Sinosura wolburgi (32014)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Sinosura brodiei (59029)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Belgium (Belgian Lorraine) Sinosura wolburgi (58530)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Sinosura brodiei (59030)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Sinosura brodiei (90041)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58314)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Sinosura sp. (106348)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58316)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Sinosura brodiei (62253)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) Sinosura brodiei (31896)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sinosura brodiei (31987)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Spain (Tarragona) Geocoma magna (58576)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura brodiei, Sinosura fasciata, Sinosura extensa (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura brodiei (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura brodiei (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sinosura sp., Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura brodiei (31990)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland Geocoma schoentalensis (83659)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Orne) Ophiopeza portei (58524)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Ophiopeza portei (58932)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura wolburgi, Sinosura derecta (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Ophiopinna derecta, Ophiopinna wolburgi (61717)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Sinosura reicheli (61719) Sinosura wolburgi (61718)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiopinna wolburgi (62046)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Sinosura wolburgi (58564 58565 58568)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Sinosura wolburgi (61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Haut-Rhin) Sinosura sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Sinosura wolburgi (61724)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sinosura kelheimense (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Ophiopsammus kelheimensis (58209 58658)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Sinosura kelheimense (31991)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Var) Geocoma carinata, Geocoma canjuersensis (58575)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Geocoma carinata, Geocoma canjuersensis (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Geocoma carinata (58604) Sinosura kelheimensis (58605)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Sinosura brodiei (31913) Sinosura wolburgi (58299 58300)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Sinosura sp. (83796)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Sinosura sp., Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura jasmundensis (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Sinosura jasmundensis (32023)