Asteronyx spinulosa

Asteronyx spinulosa, figs. 3–4

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euryalida
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: Euryophiurida Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Asteronychidae
Genus: Asteronyx
Species: † Asteronyx spinulosa

Name

• Asteronyx spinulosa Kutscher & Jagt, 2000
  • Type locality and horizon: Møn (Maglevandspynt), Denmark; white chalk facies of early Early Maastrichtian age (? obtusa Zone).
  • Holotype: MGUH 24553
  • Paratype: RGM 428 030

References

• Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt . Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Asteronyx spinulosa p. 8]
• Kutscher, M., Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Early Maastrichtian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). Pp. 45–107 in Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt. Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Asteronyx spinulosa p. 50–51 (original description)]