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Mesophiomusium

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Mesophiomusium was named by Kutscher and Jagt (2000). It is not extant. Its type is Mesophiomusium moenense.

It was assigned to Ophiolepididae by Jagt (2000), Kutscher and Jagt (2000), Smith and Crame (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Mesophiomusium Jagt p. 35
2000Mesophiomusium Kutscher and Jagt pp. 35-36
2012Mesophiomusium Smith and Crame p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusMesophiomusium

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. †Mesophiomusium Kutscher and Jagt 2000
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†Mesophiomusium geisingense Kutscher 1992
†Mesophiomusium moenense Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-11 13:38:22
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:48:07
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Warner 1982, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 184.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiomusium scabrum (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiomusium scabrum (58316)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (62253)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Bayern) Ophiomusium geisingense (32011)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31987)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) M. geisingense, M. scabrum (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiomusium geisingense (31990)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Antarctica M. paragraysonensis (216890)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica M. paragraysonensis (216887)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) M. moenense (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark M. moenense (32023)