Ophiojagtus alternatus

Ophiojagtus alternatus, figs. 9-10.

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: †Ophiojagtus
Species: †Ophiojagtus alternatus

Name

• Ophiojagtus alternatus (Kutscher & Jagt, 2010) Thuy, 2013
  • Original combination: Ophiosmilax alternatus Kutscher & Jagt, 2010
  • Type locality and horizon: Rügen (NE Germany); white chalk facies of late Early Maastrichtian age (sumensis, cimbrica and fastigata zones).
  • Holotype: FGWG 112/5
  • Paratypes: RGM 428 02; NHMM JJ 5393

Synonymy

• Ophiosmilax alternatus Kutscher & Jagt, 2010

References

• Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt . Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Ophiosmilax alternatus p. 7–8]
• Kutscher, M., Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Early Maastrichtian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). Pp. 45–107 in Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt. Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Ophiosmilax alternatus p. 47–48 (original description)]
• Štorc, R., Žítt, J. 2008. Late Turonian ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. Bulletin of Geosciences. 83(2): 123–140. DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2008.02.123 Reference page.  [as Ophiosmilax alternatus p. 124–125]
• 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 Ophiojagtus alternatus p. 221-222 (recombination)]