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Ophioderma spectabilis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma spectabilis was named by Hess (1966). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Basel, Hess collection, B146. Its type locality is North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ophioderma spectabilis Hess
1975Ophioderma spectabilis Hess p. 592 figs. 5-9, 13; pl. 1, fig. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiodermatoidea
familyOphiodermatidae
genusOphioderma
speciesspectabilis

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.

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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 13:54:45
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:54:45
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Warner 1982, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) Ophioderma spectabilis (32016)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Ophioderma spectabilis (type locality: 61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Haut-Rhin) Ophioderma spectabilis (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Ophioderma spectabilis (58317)