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Ophioderma

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ophioderma Müller and Troschel
1904Ophioderma Clark p. 433
1915Ophioderma Clark and Twitchell p. 178
1915Ophioderma Matsumoto p. 87
1966Ophioderma Spencer and Wright p. U97
1975Ophioderma Hess
2000Ophioderma Jagt p. 27
2008Ophioderma Storc and Zitt p. 131
2018Ophioderma O'Hara et al. p. 14

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

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. Ophioderma Müller and Troschel 1840
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Ophioderma dentata Kutscher 1988
Ophioderma radiatum Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Ophioderma rugensis Müller 1950
Ophioderma squamosum Schöndorf 1913
Ophioderma substriatum Rasmussen 1950
Ophioderma waliabadensis Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-11 13:54:45
Modified: 2009-09-11 15:54:45
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Warner 1982, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 254.17000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) O. qingchangensis (32497)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany O. squamosum (63536)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland O. squamosum (63538)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen O. sp. (212183)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) O. waliabadensis (99843)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran O. waliabadensis (41330)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) O. tenuibrachiata (42242)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. dentata (32015)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) O. spectabilis (32016)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Haut-Rhin) O. spectabilis (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France O. spectabilis (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland O. spectabilis (58317)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Ophiura substriata (35109)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Czech Republic Ophiura substriata (58092)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Ophiura substriata (35163 62041 62042 62043)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic O. substriatum (99235)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom Ophiura substriata (63043)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany O. substriatum (64005)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) O. radiatum (32024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) O. substriatum (38807 213857 213870)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) O. radiatum, O. substriatum (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) O. sp. (214113 214126)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) O. radiatum, O. substriatum (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. substriatum (32148)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark O. radiatum, O. substriatum (32023)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) O. radiatum (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) O. substriatum (32149)