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Aspiduriella dorae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiura dorae was named by Lepsius (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Lanino, Bed 4 (Upper "Plattenkalk"), which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone/claystone in Italy.

It was recombined as Aspidura dorae by Hess (1965) and Calzada and Gutiérrez (1988); it was recombined as Aspiduriella dorae by Bolette (1998) and Radwanski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ophiura dorae Lepsius pp. 357-359 figs. pls. 3, 4
1886Ophiura dorae Benecke p. 200
1965Aspidura dorae Hess p. 156
1988Aspidura dorae Calzada and Gutiérrez p. 34
1998Aspiduriella dorae Bolette p. 401
2002Aspiduriella dorae Radwanski p. 397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
subfamilyOphiurinae
genusAspiduriella
speciesdorae()

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.

†Aspiduriella dorae Lepsius 1878
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Diagnosis
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