Ophiacantha jaegeri

Ophiacantha jaegeri, figs. 5-7.

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: Ophiacantha
Species: †Ophiacantha jaegeri

Name

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Ophiacantha jaegeri Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: A991EFFE-BA53-46CC-B06A-84E27C84A749
Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous; Hauterivian
Holotype: GZG.INV.78595.
Type locality: Claypit Gott in Sarstedt, Germany; latest Hauterivian, Early Cretaceous.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78596 and GZG.INV.78597.
Etymology: named after Manfred Jäger

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