Ophiolimna malagasica

Ophiolimna malagasica, figs. 9-12.

Taxonavigation edit

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: Ophiolimna
Species: †Ophiolimna malagasica

Name edit

Ophiolimna malagasica Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 158198F0-5105-4FD2-94F3-F79984D38A0E
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Bathonian
Holotype: GZG.INV.78553.
Type locality: Jumara, Kachchh, India; sample 24, Patcham Formation, late Bathonian, Middle Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78554, GZG.INV.78555 and GZG.INV.78556.
Etymology: named after the Malagasy Gulf in reference to the origin of the type material.

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