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Ophiosphalmidae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Taxonomy
Ophiosphalmidae was named by O'Hara et al. (2018). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Ophiomusina by O'Hara et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Ophiomusina by O'Hara et al. (2018).

Subtaxa
Ophiomusium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Ophiosphalmidae O'Hara et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiomusina
familyOphiosphalmidae
familyOphiosphalmidae

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. Ophiosphalmidae O'Hara et al. 2018
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G. Ophiomusium Lyman 1869
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†Ophiomusium biconcavum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiomusium dizluense Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979
†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 lux Jagt 2000
†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 vermiculatum Valette 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 205.70000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran Ophiomusium dizluense (41330)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Ophiomusium ramsayi (59028)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Ophiomusium solodurense, Ophiomusium sinemurensis (32014)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Ophiomusium murravii (59031)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Ophiomusium murravii (59030)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Ophiomusium sp., Ophiomusium murravii (106348)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Ophiomusium solodurense (58314)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiomusium solodurense (58315)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6United Kingdom Ophiomusium leckenbyi (59032)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Germany Ophiomusium ferrugineum (90024)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium weymouthiense (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Ophiomusium calloviense (61717)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom Ophiomusium weymouthiense (59044)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiomusium gagnebini (62046)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Ophiomusium longecombense (61719) Ophiomusium sp., Ophiomusium gagnebini (61718)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiomusium gagnebini (58564 58565 58568 62045) Ophiomusium sp. (58567)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Ophiomusium praecisum, Ophiomusium gagnebini (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Haut-Rhin) Ophiomusium sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiomusium mammillatum (58317) Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium gagnebini (61723)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Seine-Maritime) Ophiomusium gagnebini (58523)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Ophiomusium sp. (75576 177726)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Ophiomusium sp. (63044)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ophiomusium sp. (59055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Czechia Ophiomusium danicum (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Ophiomusium granulosum (62041)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Ophiomusium sp. (99235)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Ophiomusium vermiculatum (58923)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64005)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Ophiomusium rugosum (58924) Ophiomusium vermiculatum (58919)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ophiomusium granulosum (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico Ophiomusium sp. (80285)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Ophiomusium granulosum (86448) Ophiomusium n. sp. 1, Ophiomusium n. sp. 2, Ophiomusium n. sp. (38810) Ophiomusium n. sp. 2 (213878) Ophiomusium n. sp. 2, Ophiomusium n. sp. (38808 38809) Ophiomusium n. sp., Ophiomusium n. sp. 1, Ophiomusium n. sp. 2, Ophiomusium sp., Ophiomusium granulosum (38807)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32150) Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium granulosum (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium granulosum (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32148 32151 32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium granulosum (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32152 32153 32154 32155 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Ophiomusium granulosum (32159) Ophiomusium lux (32167 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Ophiomusium granulosum (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Ophiomusium granulosum (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Poland Ophiomusium danicum, Ophiomusium subcylindricum (64008)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands Ophiomusium lux (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Ophiomusium danicum (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Ophiomusium stephensoni (58941)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Ophiomusium stephensoni (3113)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Ophiomusium sp. (32012)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Ophiomusium sp. (69729)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Ophiomusium sp. (46977)