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Sinosura

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Sinosura Hess p. 779
1966Sinosura Spencer and Wright
2002Sinosura Sepkoski
2008Sinosura Hess and Meyer p. 35

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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
genusSinosura

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. †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 2008Oral papillae mostly weak; lateral arm plates very thin and strongly striated, bent, with distal tongue.
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 (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg S. brodiei, S. wolburgi (32014)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) S. brodiei (59029)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Belgium (Belgian Lorraine) S. wolburgi (58530)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom S. brodiei (90041)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) S. brodiei (59030)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France S. sp. (106348)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58314)
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 S. brodiei (62253)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) S. brodiei (31896)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. brodiei (31987)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) S. schneideri, S. brodiei, S. fasciata, S. extensa (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) S. schneideri, S. brodiei (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) S. schneideri, S. brodiei (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. sp., S. schneideri, S. brodiei (31990)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Ophiopeza portei (58932)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Orne) Ophiopeza portei (58524)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) S. schneideri, S. wolburgi (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Ophiopinna wolburgi (61717)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiopinna wolburgi (62046)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France S. reicheli (61719) S. wolburgi (61718)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland S. wolburgi (58564 58565 58568)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Haut-Rhin) S. sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland S. wolburgi (61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France S. wolburgi (61724)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria S. brodiei (31913) S. wolburgi (58299 58300)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany S. sp. (83796)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. sp., S. schneideri, S. jasmundensis (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark S. jasmundensis (32023)