Ophiura tankardi

Ophiura tankardi

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: Ophiura
Species: †Ophiura tankardi

Name

Ophiura tankardi Thuy, Nungesser & Numberger-Thuy, 2022: 199–203, fig. 3

• Type horizon and locality: Rosenheim Subformation, Bodenheim Formation, nannoplankton zone NP 24 and to dinoflagellate zones D 14/D 15, Rupelian, Oligocene, Cenozoic (33.9–28.1 million years before present); sample taken at 46 meters depth from flush drill made at Nierstein marketplace (WGS84 49°52′29.5” N/8°2 0′11” E), Rhineland Palatinate, Mainz Basin, Germany.
• Holotype: NHMMZ PWL 2022/5560.1-LS.
• Paratypes: NHMMZ PWL 2022/5560.2-LS—NHMMZ PWL 2022/5560.7-LS.

References

• Thuy, B., Nungesser, K., Numberger-Thuy, L.D. 2022. New Brittle Stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Oligocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany. Taxonomy. 2(2): 196–207. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy2020015 Reference page.