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Ophiopholis
Taxonomy
Ophiopholis was named by Müller and Troschel (1840). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ophiopholidae.
It was assigned to Ophiactininae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiactidae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Ophiopholidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ophiactininae by Matsumoto (1915); to Ophiactidae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Ophiopholidae by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Ophiopholis Müller and Troschel |
| 1915 | Ophiopholis Matsumoto p. 69 |
| 1966 | Ophiopholis Spencer and Wright p. U100 |
| 2018 | Ophiopholis 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 183.00000 to 155.70000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom | O. trispinosa (62253) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | O. trispinosa (31987) | |
| Late/Upper Toarcian | Germany (Thüringen) | O. trispinosa (31988) | |
| Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | O. trispinosa (31990) | |
| Early/Lower Oxfordian | France | O. trispinosa (61718 61719) |