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Sinosura brodiei

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Acroura brodiei was named by Wright (1866). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Sinosura brodiei by Hess (1964), Hess (1991), Kutscher (1996), Kutscher and Villier (2003), Hess and Meyer (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Acroura brodiei Wright
1939Ophiura longivertebralis Wolburg pp. 24-29 figs. text-fig. 2; pl. 1 figs. 1-23; pl. 2 figs. 1-8
1962Ophiopinna helvetica Hess pp. 623-627 figs. figs. 20-24, 34, 35, 80, 90, 126, 133
1964Sinosura brodiei Hess p. 779
1991Sinosura brodiei Hess pp. 3-5 figs. figs 1-5
1996Sinosura brodiei Kutscher p. 10 figs. pl. 2, figs. 9-13
2003Sinosura brodiei Kutscher and Villier p. 185 figs. 4.3-6
2008Sinosura brodiei Hess and Meyer p. 35

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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
speciesbrodiei()

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 brodiei Wright 1866
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Invalid names: Ophiopinna helvetica Hess 1962 [synonym], Ophiura longivertebralis Wolburg 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Oral papillae weak, similar to teeth; radial shield broad.
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 Sinemurian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 199.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Sinosura brodiei (32014)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Sinosura brodiei (59029)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Sinosura brodiei (90041)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Sinosura brodiei (59030)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Sinosura sp. (106348)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58314)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Switzerland Ophiopinna helvetica (58316)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Sinosura brodiei (62253)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) Sinosura brodiei (31896)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sinosura brodiei (31987)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) Sinosura brodiei (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Sinosura brodiei (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Sinosura brodiei (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sinosura brodiei (31990)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Sinosura brodiei (31913)