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Ophiuricoma mazenoti

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida

Taxonomy
Ophiuricoma mazenoti was named by Valette (1929). Its type specimen is Holotype FSL 27443 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Aalenian, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Saône-et-Loire, France, which is in an Aalenian offshore ramp limestone in France. It is the type species of Ophiuricoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Ophiuricoma mazenoti Valette pp. 8-11 figs. pl. 1 fig. 1, pl. 2 figs. 1-6
1966Ophiuriocoma mazenoti Spencer and Wright p. U103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
genusOphiuricoma
speciesmazenoti

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.

Ophiuricoma mazenoti Valette 1929
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Aalenian or 175.60000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6France Ophiuricoma mazenoti (type locality: 58931)