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Ophiopetra oertlii

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopetra oertlii was named by Hess (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum Basel, M 6846.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Ophiopetra oertlii Hess pp. 1065-1067 figs. 15, 41, 42
1975Ophiopetra oertlii Hess p. 594 figs. 14-16; pl. 1, fig. 7, 8
1996Ophiopetra oertlii Kutscher p. 14 figs. pl. 3, figs. 9-12
2003Ophiopetra oertlii Kutscher and Villier p. 187 figs. 5.6, 5.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
infraorderChilophiurina
familyAplocomidae
subfamilyOphiopetrinae
genusOphiopetra
speciesoertlii

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.

†Ophiopetra oertlii Hess 1965
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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: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 182.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) Ophiopetra oertlii (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Ophiopetra oertlii (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Ophiopetra oertlii (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiopetra oertlii (31990)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Ophiopetra oertlii (32016)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Ophiopetra oertlii (61718 61719)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiopetra oertlii (58565 58568)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiopetra oertlii (58317 61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Ophiopetra oertlii (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Haut-Rhin) Ophiopetra oertlii (31894)