Alternacantha schwermannorum

Alternacantha schwermannorum

Taxonavigation

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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: †Alternacantha
Species: †Alternacantha schwermannorum

Name

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Alternacantha schwermannorum Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 08DCE3FA-60AD-4415-80D3-127E2FD02F76
Fossil range: Jurassic; Oxfordian
Holotype: GZG.INV.78654
Type locality: Savigna, France; sample S2a of Gale (2011), Bimammatum Zone, late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78655, GZG.INV.78656, GZG.INV.78657 and GZG.INV.78658.
Etymology: named after Ben Thuy's friends Leonie and Achim Schwermann.

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