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Sinosura reicheli

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Sinosura reicheli was named by Hess (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum Basel, M 6833. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Renggeri-Ton, Longecombe, Ain, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Renggeri-Ton Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Sinosura reicheli Hess p. 1072 figs. 28-32
1975Sinosura reicheli Hess p. 596 fig. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
infraorderChilophiurina
familyAplocomidae
subfamilyAplocominae
genusSinosura
speciesreicheli

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.

†Sinosura reicheli 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: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sinosura reicheli (type locality: 61719)