Lapidaster mastodon

Lapidaster mastodon, figs. 6-8.

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: †Lapidaster
Species: †Lapidaster mastodon

Name

Lapidaster mastodon Thuy, 2013

Fossil range: Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78517. Paratypes: GZG.INV.78518 and GZG.INV.78519.

Type locality: Plettenberg near Balingen, southern Germany; clay pockets between sponge associations in the lowest bed exposed at the quarry, Bimammatum Zone, Late Oxfordian, Late Jurassic.

Etymology: Named after the rockgroup Mastodon. (See Thuy, 2013. Note that Mastodon Cuvier, 1817 is also a synonym of Mammut, an extinct genus of mammals.)

References

Primary references

• 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.  [see pages 42–44, original description]

Links

• Stöhr, S., O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (eds.) 2020. World Ophiuroidea Database. Lapidaster mastodon Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745231 on 2020-07-08
• ZooBank: 6040E02F-5B0D-4F78-8772-BC23B55BEBD9

• BHL bibliography
• Lapidaster mastodon – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lapidaster mastodon.
• ION

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