Ophiocamax dorotheae

Ophiocamax dorotheae, figs. 7-11.

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: Ophiocamacidae
Genus: Ophiocamax
Species: †Ophiocamax dorotheae

Name

• Ophiocamax dorotheae Thuy, 2013
  • Holotype: GZG.INV.78763
  • Type locality: Savigna, France.
  • Paratypes: GZG.INV.78764; GZG.INV.78765; GZG.INV.78766; GZG.INV.78767
  • Type horizon: Bimammatum Zone, late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.
  • Etymology: named after Dorothea Hause-Reitner

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.  [as Ophiocamax dorotheae p. 199–203 (original description)]