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Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense

Ophiuroidea

Taxonomy
Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense was named by Hess (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M 611. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Renggeri-Ton, Les Rouges Terres, Le Bémont, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Renggeri-Ton Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Ophiotrigonum.

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by L. Villier on 2006-07-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense Hess p. 402 figs. 9-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
genusOphiotrigonum
speciesoxfordiense

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.

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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense (type locality: 62046)