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Ophiolepididae
Taxonomy
Ophiolepidinae was named by Matsumoto (1915). It is extant. Its type is Ophiolepis.
It was reranked as the family Ophiolepididae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Matsumoto (1915), Berry (1937), Wolburg (1939), Berry (1941), Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008), Thuy and Kroh (2011), Thuy et al. (2012), O'Hara et al. (2017), O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Zygophiurae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Chilophiurida by Matsumoto (1915), Berry (1937), Wolburg (1939), Berry (1941); to Ophiuridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiolepidina by Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008); to Ophiurida by Thuy and Kroh (2011); to Ophiurina by Donovan et al. (2005), Thuy et al. (2012); to Ophiolepididea by O'Hara et al. (2017); and to Ophiolepidoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was reranked as the family Ophiolepididae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Matsumoto (1915), Berry (1937), Wolburg (1939), Berry (1941), Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008), Thuy and Kroh (2011), Thuy et al. (2012), O'Hara et al. (2017), O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Zygophiurae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Chilophiurida by Matsumoto (1915), Berry (1937), Wolburg (1939), Berry (1941); to Ophiuridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Ophiolepidina by Smith et al. (1995), Jagt (2000), Storc and Zitt (2008); to Ophiurida by Thuy and Kroh (2011); to Ophiurina by Donovan et al. (2005), Thuy et al. (2012); to Ophiolepididea by O'Hara et al. (2017); and to Ophiolepidoidea by O'Hara et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Ophiolepididae Clark and Twitchell p. 29 |
| 1915 | Ophiolepididae Matsumoto p. 75 |
| 1915 | Ophiolepidinae Matsumoto p. 81 |
| 1937 | Ophiolepididae Berry p. 236 |
| 1939 | Ophiolepididae Wolburg p. 24 |
| 1941 | Ophiolepididae Berry p. 61 |
| 1966 | Ophiolepidinae Spencer and Wright p. U96 |
| 1995 | Ophiolepididae Smith et al. |
| 2000 | Ophiolepididae Jagt p. 29 |
| 2005 | Ophiolepidinae Donovan et al. p. 100 |
| 2008 | Ophiolepididae Storc and Zitt p. 134 |
| 2011 | Ophiolepididae Thuy and Kroh p. 784 |
| 2012 | Ophiolepididae Thuy et al. p. 165 |
| 2017 | Ophiolepididae O'Hara et al. |
| 2018 | Ophiolepididae O'Hara et al. p. 18 |
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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.
Fm. Ophiolepididae Matsumoto 1915
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G. †Aplocoma d'Orbigny 1852
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†Aplocoma aalensis Hess 1991
†Aplocoma brevispina Hess 1985
†Aplocoma buehleri Hess 1970
†Aplocoma granulata Benecke 1868
†Aplocoma lariensis Airaghi 1908
†Aplocoma mutata Hess 1970
†Aplocoma torrii Desio 1951
G. †Archaeophiomusium Hattin 1967
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†Archaeophiomusium andinum Sanchez 1983
†Archaeophiomusium bispinosum Mayou 1969
†Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958
Invalid names: Ophiuraster Miller 1958 [replaced]
G. †Enakomusium Thuy 2015 [brittle star]
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†Enakomusium weymouthiense Damon 1880
†Enakomusium whymanae Ewin and Thuy 2017
G. †Eozonella Thuy et al. 2013
G. †Mesophiomusium Kutscher and Jagt 2000
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†Mesophiomusium decipiens Jagt 2000
†Mesophiomusium geisingense Kutscher 1992
†Mesophiomusium moenense Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Mesophiomusium paragraysonensis Taylor 1966
†Mesophiomusium scabrum Hess 1962
G. Ophiolepis Müller and Troschel 1840
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†Ophiolepis bertrandi Lanquine 1916
†Ophiolepis falsa Jagt 2000
†Ophiolepis gracilis Allman 1863
†Ophiolepis granulata Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiolepis linea Kutscher and Jagt 2000
†Ophiolepis shaanxiensis Yang 1979
†Ophiolepis ulmensis Boehm 1889
Invalid names: Ophiomastinae Matsumoto 1915 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Asselian to the top of the Pleistocene or 298.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 293.52 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 293.52 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asselian | USA (Oklahoma) | Ophiuraster burrisi (94603) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (Kansas) | Ophiuraster burrisi (94602) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | Archaeophiomusium burrisi, Archaeophiomusium bispinosum (97421) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Archaeophiomusium andinum (95255) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Nevada) | Archaeophiomusium burrisi (38745 38826 38827) | |
| Noginskian | USA (Kansas) | Ophiuraster burrisi (94604) | |
| Griesbachian | Pakistan | Aplocoma torrii (110936) | |
| Spathian | China (Shaanxi) | Ophiolepis shaanxiensis (150462) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | Japan | Aplocoma sp. (111557) | |
| Anisian | Italy (Veneto) | Acroura granulata (79547) | |
| Anisian | China (Guizhou) | Ophiolepis sp. (32499) | |
| Ladinian | Israel (Negev) | Aplocoma sp. (31898) | |
| Rhaetian | France | Ophiolepis bertrandi (62031) | |
| Rhaetian | Netherlands | Aplocoma agassizi (137658 137660) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom | Aplocoma sp. (59042) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | Switzerland | Aplocoma brevispina (32019) | |
| Hettangian | Portugal | Aplocoma sp. (31914) | |
| Middle Hettangian | France (Herault) | Aplocoma mutata (31892) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian | Switzerland | Ophiomusium scabrum (58315) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Bayern) | Ophiomusium geisingense (32011) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom | Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (62253) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Switzerland | Ophiomusium scabrum (58316) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31987) | |
| Middle Toarcian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Mesophiomusium geisingense, Mesophiomusium scabrum (31839) | |
| Late/Upper Toarcian | Germany (Thüringen) | Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31988) | |
| Aalenian | Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) | Aplocoma aalensis (31897) | |
| Early/Lower Aalenian | Germany (Bayern) | Ophiomusium geisingense, Ophiomusium scabrum (31989) | |
| Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Ophiomusium geisingense (31990) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Enakomusium sp. (182912) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Ophiolepis ulmensis (90025) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Switzerland (Neuchatel) | Ophiopeza buhleri (31986) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Eozonella sp. (182914) | |
| Aptian | Antarctica | Mesophiomusium paragraysonensis (216890) | |
| Albian | Antarctica | Mesophiomusium paragraysonensis (216887) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Ophiolepis sp. (32024) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Landes) | Ophiolepis n. sp. (38807 213857 213870 213878) Ophiolepis sp. (38808) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Ophiolepis falsa (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Mesophiomusium moenense, Ophiolepis granulata, Ophiolepis linea (32022) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Denmark | Mesophiomusium moenense, Ophiolepis granulata, Ophiolepis linea (32023) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Ophiolepis gracilis (140347) |