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Ophioderma qingchangensis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma qingchangensis was named by Feng (1985). Its type specimen is F10-1167Bo and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ophiuroids, Changhsingian, Quingchang, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Changhsing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Aganaster qingchangensis by Chen and McNamara (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ophioderma qingchangensis Feng p. 341 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2; text-fig 6
2006Aganaster qingchangensis Chen and McNamara p. 338 fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiodermatoidea
familyOphiodermatidae
genusOphioderma
speciesqingchangensis

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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-11 13:54:45
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:54:45
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Warner 1982

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Ophioderma qingchangensis (type locality: 32497)