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Aplocoma mutata

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Taxonomy
Aplocoma mutata was named by Hess (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hettangian, Ceilhes, Herault, France, which is in a Hettangian sand shoal grainstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Aplocoma mutata Hess pp. 1060-1063 figs. fig. 1
1985Aplocoma mutata Hess p. 9
2008Aplocoma mutata Hess and Meyer p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderAmphilepidida
suborderOphionereidina
superfamilyOphiolepidoidea
familyOphiolepididae()
genusAplocoma
speciesmutata

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.

Aplocoma mutata Hess 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Adoral shields widely in contact; oral papillae leaf-like but small, four proximal papillae and two somewhat larger distal ones; teeth cone-shaped, weak; ventral arm plates narrow, but contiguous; three arm spines, somewhat longer than arm segment.