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Ophiopsis procera
Taxonomy
Ophiopsis procerus was named by Agassiz (1837). It is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Ophiopsis.
It was corrected as Ophiopsis procera by Woodward (1895), Bartram (1975).
It was corrected as Ophiopsis procera by Woodward (1895), Bartram (1975).
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by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-08-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-01
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Ophiopsis procerus Agassiz figs. Pl 48, figs 1,2 |
| 1838 | Pholidophorus tenuiserratus Agassiz figs. Pl 42, fig 4 |
| 1843 | Pholidophorus tenuiserratus Agassiz figs. Pl 38, fig 3 |
| 1843 | Ophiopsis procerus Agassiz p. 289 |
| 1895 | Ophiopsis procera Woodward |
| 1895 | Ophiopsis tenuiserrata Woodward p. 167 |
| 1975 | Ophiopsis procera Bartram |
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†Ophiopsis procera Agassiz 1837
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Invalid names: Ophiopsis tenuiserrata Agassiz 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. W. H. Bartram 1975 | Ophiopsis attaining standard length of 230 mm; mean proportions as percentage of standard length: head length 24; trunk depth 26; predorsal length 41; prepelvic length 56; fin ray counts: D 23-25; P 16; V 7; C 17-18;about 44 lateral line scales; first dorsal fin rays very long. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian | Germany | Ophiopsis tenuiserrata (131961) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Ophiopsis procera (154138) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Ophiopsis procera (121197) |