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Sinosura wolburgi

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopinna wolburgi was named by Hess (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M 622.

It was recombined as Sinosura wolburgi by Hess (1964), Hess (1965), Hess (1966) and Hess and Meyer (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ophiopinna wolburgi Hess p. 411 figs. 24-38
1964Sinosura wolburgi Hess p. 779
1965Sinosura wolburgi Hess p. 182 figs. figs. 1, 2
1966Sinosura wolburgi Hess
2008Sinosura wolburgi 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
specieswolburgi()

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 wolburgi Hess 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Lateral arm plates with two larger ventral spines and numerous very fine dorsal spines attached to jagged distal edge of ornament part.
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 199.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Luxembourg Sinosura wolburgi (32014)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Belgium (Belgian Lorraine) Sinosura wolburgi (58530)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) Sinosura wolburgi (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Ophiopinna wolburgi (61717)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sinosura wolburgi (61718)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Ophiopinna wolburgi (62046)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sinosura wolburgi (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Sinosura wolburgi (61723)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Sinosura wolburgi (58564 58565 58568)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Austria Sinosura wolburgi (58299 58300)