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Ophiomusium weymouthiense

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma weymouthiensis was named by Damon (1880). Its type specimen is Neotype BMNH E1607/b and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ophiomusium weymouthiense by Hess (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Ophioderma weymouthiensis Damon figs. pl. 17 fig. 10a
1964Ophiomusium weymouthiense Hess pp. 780-782 figs. text-fig. 41; pl. 2 fig. 2; pls. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiomusina
familyOphiosphalmidae
genusOphiomusium
speciesweymouthiense()

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Callovian or 164.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) Ophiomusium weymouthiense (32016)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom Ophiomusium weymouthiense (59044)