Ophiura texana

Ophiura texana, figs. 1a–c.

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 texana

Name

Ophiura texana (Clark, 1893)

• original combination: Ophioglypha texana Clark, 1893
• Type horizon and locality: U.S.A. Texas. Denison beds of the Washita division of the Comanche series (Lower Cretaceous), 6 miles north of Fort Worth, on the banks of Fossil creek.
• Syntype: USNM PAL 21884 [1].

Synonymy

• Ophioglypha texana Clark, 1893: 30–31, pl. 4 figs. 1a–c; Clark & Twitchell, 1915: 43, pl. 8 fig. 3a–c.
• Ophiura texana (Clark, 1893) Berry, 1941

References

• Berry, C.T. 1941. Cretaceous Ophiurans from Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 15(1): 61–67.Reference page. 
• Clark, W.B. 1893. The Mesozoic Echinodermata of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 97: 1–101. BHL.Reference page. 
• Clark, W.B., Twitchell, M.W. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. 54: 1–341. BHL Reference page.