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Stegophiura nekvasilovae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae

Taxonomy
Stegophiura nekvasilovae was named by Storc and Zitt (2008). Its type specimen is Holotype O 6495, paratypes O 6496–O 6499, National Museum, Prague and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lafarge Cement Quarry, Úpohlavy, which is in a Turonian offshore wackestone/marl in the Teplice Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Stegophiura nekvasilovae Storc and Zitt pp. 128-130 figs. Fig. 5A–F, 8D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiopyrgidaePerrier 1893
genusStegophiura
speciesnekvasilovae

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.

†Stegophiura nekvasilovae Storc and Zitt 2008
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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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Stegophiura nekvasilovae (type locality: 99235)