Eolaxoporus imminens

Eolaxoporus hagdorni, figs. 6-6.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Eolaxoporus
Species: †Eolaxoporus imminens

Name

Eolaxoporus imminens Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: B382D3C8-B7DC-442C-AA06-CF761442D0DC

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Pliensbachian.

Holotype: NHMW 2012/0137/0001.

Type locality: Glasenbach Gorge, Austria; Hauptknollenbrekzie, late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.

Paratypes: NHMW 2012/0137/0002 and NHMW 2012/0137/0003.

Etymology: from the Latin imminere, (reaching), in reference of the species being the only known Jurassic species of the otherwise exclusively Triassic Eolaxoporus.

References

• Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Reference page.  [see pages 25-27, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Eolaxoporus imminens Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745224 on 2020-06-15

• BHL bibliography
• Eolaxoporus imminens – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eolaxoporus imminens.
• ION

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