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Ophiomusium
Taxonomy
Ophiomusium was named by Lyman (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine R]. It is extant. Its type is Ophiomusium eburneum.
It was assigned to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophiolepidinae by Matsumoto (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Donovan et al. (2005); to Ophiolepididae by Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008) and Thuy and Kroh (2011); and to Ophiosphalmidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophiolepidinae by Matsumoto (1915), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Donovan et al. (2005); to Ophiolepididae by Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008) and Thuy and Kroh (2011); and to Ophiosphalmidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Species
O. biconcavum, O. calloviense, O. dizluense, O. eburneum (type species), O. ferrugineum, O. fitchii, O. gagnebini, O. granulosum (syn. Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica, O. danicum), O. leckenbyi, O. longecombense, O. lux, O. mammillatum, O. murravii, O. praecisum, O. ramsayi, O. rugosum, O. sentum, O. sinemurensis, O. sinuatum, O. solodurense, O. vermiculatum, O. weymouthiense
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Ophiomusium Lyman |
| 1915 | Ophiomusium Matsumoto p. 81 |
| 1966 | Ophiomusium Spencer and Wright p. U96 |
| 2000 | Ophiomusium Jagt p. 31 |
| 2002 | Ophiomusium Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Ophiomusium Donovan et al. p. 100 |
| 2008 | Ophiomusium Storc and Zitt p. 136 |
| 2011 | Ophiomusium Thuy and Kroh p. 784 |
| 2018 | Ophiomusium O'Hara et al. p. 8 |
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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.
G. Ophiomusium Lyman 1869
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†Ophiomusium biconcavum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiomusium calloviense Hess 1963
†Ophiomusium dizluense Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979
Ophiomusium eburneum Lyman 1869
†Ophiomusium ferrugineum Boehm 1889
†Ophiomusium fitchii Spencer 1907
†Ophiomusium gagnebini Thurmann 1851
†Ophiomusium granulosum Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen 1926 [synonym], Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow 1840 [synonym]
†Ophiomusium leckenbyi Wright 1880
†Ophiomusium longecombense Hess 1965
†Ophiomusium lux Jagt 2000
†Ophiomusium mammillatum Hess 1966
†Ophiomusium murravii Forbes 1843
†Ophiomusium praecisum Hess 1966
†Ophiomusium ramsayi Wright 1866
†Ophiomusium rugosum Valette 1914
†Ophiomusium sentum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiomusium sinemurensis Kutscher and Hary 1991
†Ophiomusium sinuatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiomusium solodurense Hess 1962
†Ophiomusium vermiculatum Valette 1914
†Ophiomusium weymouthiense Damon 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 208.50000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhaetian | Iran | O. dizluense (41330) | |
| Sinemurian | Luxembourg | O. solodurense, O. sinemurensis (32014) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | O. ramsayi (59028) | |
| Pliensbachian | France | O. sp., O. murravii (106348) | |
| Pliensbachian | Switzerland | O. solodurense (58314) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (England) | O. murravii (59031) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | United Kingdom (England) | O. murravii (59030) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian | Switzerland | O. solodurense (58315) | |
| Early/Lower Bajocian | United Kingdom | O. leckenbyi (59032) | |
| Bajocian | Germany | O. ferrugineum (90024) | |
| Callovian | Germany (Brandenburg) | O. mammillatum, O. weymouthiense (32016) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Switzerland | O. calloviense (61717) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | United Kingdom | O. weymouthiense (59044) | |
| Early/Lower Oxfordian | France | O. longecombense (61719) O. sp., O. gagnebini (61718) | |
| Early/Lower Oxfordian | Switzerland | O. gagnebini (62046) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France (Haut-Rhin) | O. sp. (31894) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Switzerland | O. mammillatum (58317) O. mammillatum, O. gagnebini (61723) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | O. praecisum, O. gagnebini (61724) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Switzerland | O. gagnebini (58564 58565 58568 62045) O. sp. (58567) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Seine-Maritime) | O. gagnebini (58523) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | France (Drôme) | O. sp. (75576 177726) | |
| Cenomanian | United Kingdom | O. sp. (63044) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | O. sp. (59055) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Czech Republic | O. danicum (58092) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Czech Republic | O. granulosum (62041) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Czech Republic | O. sp. (99235) | |
| Campanian | France | O. vermiculatum (58923) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Germany | O. subcylindricum (64005) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France | O. rugosum (58924) O. vermiculatum (58919) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Landes) | O. granulosum (86448) O. n. sp. 1, O. n. sp. 2, O. n. sp. (38810) O. n. sp. 2 (213878) O. n. sp. 2, O. n. sp. (38808 38809) O. n. sp., O. n. sp. 1, O. n. sp. 2, O. sp., O. granulosum (38807) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | O. granulosum (32024) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico | O. sp. (80285) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | O. granulosum (32150) O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. granulosum (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. biconcavum, O. granulosum (32022) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | O. granulosum (32148 32151 32158) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Denmark | O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. biconcavum, O. granulosum (32023) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | O. granulosum (32152 32153 32154 32155 32156) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | O. granulosum (32159) O. lux (32167 32168) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous | Belgium (Liege) | O. granulosum (32175) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Netherlands | O. granulosum (32162) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Poland | O. danicum, O. subcylindricum (64008) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Netherlands | O. lux (32160) | |
| Danian | USA (New Jersey) | O. stephensoni (58941) | |
| Danian | Denmark | O. danicum (89866) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | O. stephensoni (3113) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | O. sp. (32012) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | O. sp. (46977) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Jamaica | O. sp. (69729) |