Lapidaster fasciatus

Lapidaster fasciatus, figs. 7-8.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster fasciatus

Name

Lapidaster fasciatus (Kutscher & Villier, 2003) Thuy, 2013

Original combination: Sinosura fasciata Kutscher & Villier, 2003

Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Toarcian.

Holotype: MHNH 9056

Type locality: Hauts-Coteaux quarry, Sainte-Verge(Deux-Sèvres, France)

Paratypes: MHNH 9057

Etymology: from Latin fasciatus (striped).

Synonymy

• Sinosura fasciata Kutscher & Villier, 2003

References

• Kutscher, M., Villier, L. 2003. Ophiuroid remains from the Toarcian of Sainte-Verge (Deux-Sèvres, France): paleobiological perspectives. Geobios. 36: 179-194. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00005-6 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see page 185 as Sinosura fasciata, original description]
• 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 32-34, recombination reference]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster fasciatus (Kutscher & Villier, 2003) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745227 on 2020-07-08

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

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