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Ophiomusium solodurense

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Taxonomy
Ophiomusium solodurense was named by Hess (1962). Its type specimen is Holotype M 5777; Museum basel and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by L. Villier on 2009-07-02; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Ophiomusium solodurense Hess pp. 622, 640 figs. figs. 12-16, 36-39, 79

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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()
suborderOphiomusina
familyOphiosphalmidae
genusOphiomusium
speciessolodurense

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
No diagnoses are available
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 Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Ophiomusium solodurense (32014)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Ophiomusium solodurense (58314)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiomusium solodurense (58315)