Ophiotoma vadosa, figs. 5-7.

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: Ophiotomidae
Genus: Ophiotoma
Species: †Ophiotoma vadosa

Name edit

Ophiotoma vadosa Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 698A06E5-BC2D-4729-8C41-15F2EBBFEB3E
Fossil range: Lower Jurassic; Plienscachian.
Holotype: GZG.INV.78541.
Type locality: Blockley, near Cheltenham, Great Britain; shell lenses in clayey matrix, Davoei Zone, early Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic.
Paratypes: GZG.INV.78542 and GZG.INV.78543.
Etymology: from Latin vadosus (shallow).

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