Ophiogaleus danicus

Ophiogaleus danicus, figs. 3-4.

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: †Ophiogaleus
Species: †Ophiogaleus danicus

Name

• Ophiogaleus danicus (Rasmussen, 1952) Thuy, 2013
  • original combination: Ophiacantha danica Rasmussen, 1952
  • Fossil range: Upper Cretaceous; Maastrichtian

Synonymy

• Ophiacantha danica Rasmussen, 1952

References

• Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt . Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha danica p. 10–11]
• Kutscher, M., Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Early Maastrichtian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). Pp. 45–107 in Jagt, J.W.M. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeastNetherlands and northeast Belgium — Part 3: Ophiuroids; with a chapter on: Early Maastrichtianophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Møn (Denmark) by M. Kutscher & J.W.M. Jagt. Scripta geologica, 121: 1-179. Online. Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha danica p. 61–62]
• Rasmussen, H.W. 1952 [1951]. Cretaceous Ophiuroidea from Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Jersey. Meddelelser Fra Dansk Geologisk Forening. 12(1): 47-57. PDF Reference page.  [as Ophiacantha danica original description]
• 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.  [as Ophiogaleus danicus p. 119–120 (recombination)]