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Ophioderma dentata

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma dentata was named by Kutscher (1988). Its type specimen is Holotype 1598/2, Kutscher collection and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Upper Pliensbachian, Grimmen, which is in a Pliensbachian offshore claystone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ophioderma dentata Kutscher p. 63 figs. pl. 1 figs 1, 2, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderOphintegrida
orderOphiacanthida
suborderOphiacanthina
infraorderOphiodermatina
superfamilyOphiodermatoidea
familyOphiodermatidae
genusOphioderma
speciesdentata

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.

†Ophioderma dentata Kutscher 1988
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Diagnosis
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