Ophioduplantiera noctiluca

Ophioduplantiera noctiluca, figure 8h–n

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiurina
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: Ophiurida Subordo: Ophiurina

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: †Ophioduplantiera
Species: †Ophioduplantiera noctiluca

Name

Ophioduplantiera noctiluca Thuy, Numberger-Thuy & Pineda-Enríquez, 2021

• Type horizon and locality: marls from the Kehlbach and Scheck Members within the Adnet Formation, late Sinemurian to late Pliensbachian (Raricostatum to Margaritatus chronozones, Early Jurassic), Glasenbach Gorge near Salzburg, Austria.
• Holotype: MnhnL OPH170.
• Paratypes: MnhnL OPH171 and OPH172

References

• Thuy, B., Numberger-Thuy, L.D., Pineda-Enríquez, T. 2021. New fossils of Jurassic ophiurid brittle stars (Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida) provide evidence for early clade evolution in the deep sea. Royal Society Open Science. 8: 210643. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210643 Reference page.  [original description of Ophioduplantiera noctiluca p. 15–16]