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Ophiomusium

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ophiomusium Lyman
1915Ophiomusium Matsumoto p. 81
1966Ophiomusium Spencer and Wright p. U96
2000Ophiomusium Jagt p. 31
2002Ophiomusium Sepkoski
2005Ophiomusium Donovan et al. p. 100
2008Ophiomusium Storc and Zitt p. 136
2011Ophiomusium Thuy and Kroh p. 784
2018Ophiomusium O'Hara et al. p. 8

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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

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. Ophiomusium Lyman 1869
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Ophiomusium biconcavum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophiomusium dizluense Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979
Ophiomusium fitchii Spencer 1907
Ophiomusium gagnebini Thurmann 1851
Ophiomusium granulosum Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Ophiomusium danicum Nielsen 1926 [synonym], Ophiura (Aspidura) subcylindrica von Hagenow 1840 [synonym]
Ophiomusium leckenbyi Wright 1880
Ophiomusium lux Jagt 2000
Ophiomusium murravii Forbes 1843
Ophiomusium praecisum Hess 1966
Ophiomusium ramsayi Wright 1866
Ophiomusium rugosum Valette 1914
Ophiomusium sentum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophiomusium sinemurensis Kutscher and Hary 1991
Ophiomusium sinuatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophiomusium vermiculatum Valette 1914
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 208.50000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran O. dizluense (41330)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Luxembourg O. solodurense, O. sinemurensis (32014)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) O. ramsayi (59028)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7France O. sp., O. murravii (106348)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Switzerland O. solodurense (58314)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) O. murravii (59031)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) O. murravii (59030)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Switzerland O. solodurense (58315)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom O. leckenbyi (59032)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Germany O. ferrugineum (90024)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) O. mammillatum, O. weymouthiense (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland O. calloviense (61717)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom O. weymouthiense (59044)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France O. longecombense (61719) O. sp., O. gagnebini (61718)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland O. gagnebini (62046)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France O. praecisum, O. gagnebini (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Haut-Rhin) O. sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland O. mammillatum (58317) O. mammillatum, O. gagnebini (61723)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland O. gagnebini (58564 58565 58568 62045) O. sp. (58567)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Seine-Maritime) O. gagnebini (58523)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) O. sp. (75576 177726)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom O. sp. (63044)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (59055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Czech Republic O. danicum (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic O. granulosum (62041)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic O. sp. (99235)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France O. vermiculatum (58923)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France O. rugosum (58924) O. vermiculatum (58919)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany O. subcylindricum (64005)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) O. granulosum (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) O. granulosum (32150) O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. granulosum (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) O. granulosum (86448) O. n. sp. 1, O. n. sp. 2, O. n. sp. (38810) O. n. sp. 2 (213878) O. n. sp. 2, O. n. sp. (38808 38809) O. n. sp., O. n. sp. 1, O. n. sp. 2, O. sp., O. granulosum (38807)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico O. sp. (80285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. biconcavum, O. granulosum (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. granulosum (32148 32151 32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark O. sinuatum, O. sentum, O. biconcavum, O. granulosum (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. granulosum (32152 32153 32154 32155 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) O. granulosum (32159) O. lux (32167 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. granulosum (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands O. granulosum (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands O. lux (32160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Poland O. danicum, O. subcylindricum (64008)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark O. danicum (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) O. stephensoni (58941)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) O. stephensoni (3113)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. sp. (32012)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica O. sp. (69729)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile O. sp. (46977)