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Ophiura astonensis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura astonensis was named by Hess (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Pliensbachian, Aston Magna, Gloucestershire, UK, which is in a Pliensbachian deep subtidal shelf marl in the Middle Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. robusta, O. sarsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ophiura astonensis Hess p. 767 fig. 15–17
1991Ophiura astonensis Kutscher and Hary p. 51 figs. 2a-c
1996Ophiura astonensis Kutscher p. 15 figs. Pl. 3, Figs. 13–16
2003Ophiura astonensis Kutscher and Villier p. 189 figs. 6.3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
—AnkhuridaThuy et al. 2024
—OphiovalidaThuy et al. 2024
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiura
speciesastonensis

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.

†Ophiura astonensis Hess 1964
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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 Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 199.50000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Luxembourg Ophiura astonensis (32014)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Ophiura astonensis (type locality: 59030)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Ophiura astonensis (106348)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiura astonensis (31987)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4France (Poitou-Charentes) Ophiura astonensis (31839)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Ophiura astonensis (31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Ophiura astonensis (31989)
Middle Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ophiura astonensis (31990)