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Ophiotrichidae
Taxonomy
Ophiothricidae was named by Ljungman (1867). It is extant. Its type is Ophiothrix.
It was corrected as Ophiotrichidae by O'Hara et al. (2017), O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Gnathophiurida by Matsumoto (1915); to Gnathophiurina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Gnathophiuridea by Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000); to Ophiactidea by O'Hara et al. (2017); and to Ophiactoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was corrected as Ophiotrichidae by O'Hara et al. (2017), O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Gnathophiurida by Matsumoto (1915); to Gnathophiurina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Gnathophiuridea by Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000); to Ophiactidea by O'Hara et al. (2017); and to Ophiactoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Ophiothela, Ophiothrix (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1867 | Ophiothricidae Ljungman |
| 1915 | Ophiothrichidae Matsumoto p. 74 |
| 1966 | Ophiothricidae Spencer and Wright p. U102 |
| 1995 | Ophiothricidae Smith et al. |
| 2000 | Ophiothricidae Jagt p. 25 |
| 2017 | Ophiotrichidae O'Hara et al. |
| 2018 | Ophiotrichidae O'Hara et al. p. 22 |
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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.
Fm. Ophiotrichidae Ljungman 1867
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G. Ophiothrix Müller and Troschel 1840
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†Ophiothrix bongaertsi Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiothrix cristata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiothrix royeri de Loriol 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Spencer and Wright 1966, Warner 1982, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 157.90000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France (Haut-Rhin) | Ophiothrix royeri (62062) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Ophiothrix bongaertsi, Ophiothrix cristata (32147) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Landes) | Ophiothela sp. (38809) Ophiothrix sp. (86448 213855) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Ophiothela semirotunda, Ophiothrix bongaertsi, Ophiothrix cristata (32022) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Denmark | Ophiothela semirotunda, Ophiothrix cristata (32023) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Ophiothrix bongaertsi (32162) |