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Ophiocrossota

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Taxonomy
Ophiocrossota was named by Clark (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: J R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ophiurinae by Clark (1928); to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiuridae by Blake and Allison (1970), Blake (1975) and O'Hara et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Ophiocrossota Clark
1970Ophiocrossota Blake and Allison p. 925
1975Ophiocrossota Blake p. 503
2002Ophiocrossota Sepkoski
2018Ophiocrossota O'Hara et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderOphiurina
familyOphiuridae
genusOphiocrossota

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.

G. Ophiocrossota Clark 1928
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Ophiocrossota baconi Blake and Allison 1970
Ophiocrossota oweni Blake 1975
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03USA (California) O. baconi (203134)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) O. baconi (203133)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. kollenbergorum (94817)