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Sinosura portei

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiopeza portei was named by Guillaume (1926). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Clay Lense, Ranville quarry, Calvados, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal claystone/limestone in France.

It was recombined as Sinosura portei by Hess and Meyer (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Ophiopeza portei Guillaume
1927Ophiolepis ranvillensis Porte p. 67 figs. pl. 5 fis 1-4, pl. A figs 1-3
1929Ophiopeza portei Cottreau p. 466 figs. pl. 37 fig. 1
2008Sinosura portei Hess and Meyer p. 36

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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
speciesportei()

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 portei Guillaume 1926
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Invalid names: Ophiolepis ranvillensis Porte 1927 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008Dorsal plates on center of disk small, of similar size; adoral shields small, triangular, not in contact adorally; oral papillae of similar size; five arm spines.
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: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Orne) Ophiopeza portei (58524)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Ophiopeza portei (type locality: 58932)