Ophiacantha liesbergensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: 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: †Ophiacantha liesbergensis

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]

Links

• Ophiacantha liesbergensis Hess, 1963 † in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on May 06, 2025