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Ophiopsis

Osteichthyes - Ophiopsiidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopsis was named by Agassiz (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,718].

It was assigned to Macrosemiidae by Woodward (1895); to Ophiopsiidae by Bürgin (1995), Cartanyà (1999); and to Macrosemiiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ophiopsis Agassiz p. 385
1895Ophiopsis Woodward p. 165
1995Ophiopsis Bürgin p. 818
1999Ophiopsis Cartanyà p. 548
2002Ophiopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyOphiopsiidaeBartram 1975
genusOphiopsis

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. †Ophiopsis Agassiz 1834
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†Ophiopsis aequalis Wagner 1863
†Ophiopsis attenuata Wagner 1863
†Ophiopsis bellottii Bassani 1886
†Ophiopsis breviceps Egerton 1852
†Ophiopsis dorsalis Agassiz 1843
†Ophiopsis flesheri Agassiz 1843
†Ophiopsis guigardi Thiollière 1873
†Ophiopsis muensteri Agassiz 1834
†Ophiopsis penicillatus Agassiz 1843
†Ophiopsis procerus Agassiz 1837
†Ophiopsis tenuiserrata Agassiz 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 243.33000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Nothosomus bellottii (149323)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Pholidophorus flesherii (131982)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany O. attenuata, O. tenuiserrata (131961)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France O. attenuata (131960)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (12816 39431)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. procera (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) O. muensteri (187436)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) O. sp. (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany O. procera, O. aequalis (121197)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (39426 39427)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) O. breviceps (131980) O. penicillata, O. dorsalis (131852)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) O. dorsalis, O. sp. (22645)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Texas) O. sp. (14408)