Ophiacantha liesbergensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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: Ophiacantha
Species: †

Name

Ophiacantha liesbergensis Hess, 1963

Type horizon and locality: Early Callovian; Liesberg, Bernese Jura.

Holotype: NHMB M 6226.

References

  • Hess, H. 1963. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren III: Die Ophiuren aus dem Callovien-Ton von Liesberg (Berner Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 56(2): 1141-1164. Online Reference page.  [1146–1148, figs. 5–7]