Ophiogojira andreui

Ophiogojira andreui, figure 8a–g

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: –
Genus: †Ophiogojira
Species: †Ophiogojira andreui

Name

Ophiogojira andreui Thuy, Numberger-Thuy & Pineda-Enríquez, 2021

Holotype: MnhnL OPH167

Type locality and stratum: dark grey marls, Ottempt Member of the Aubange Formation, earliest Toarcian (Tenuicostatum chronozone, Early Jurassic), Uerschterhaff near Sanem, Luxembourg.

Paratypes: MnhnL OPH168 and OPH169

References

• Thuy, B., Numberger-Thuy, L.D., Pineda-Enríquez, T. 2021. New fossils of Jurassic ophiurid brittle stars (Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida) provide evidence for early clade evolution in the deep sea. Royal Society Open Science. 8: 210643. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210643 Reference page.  [original description of Ophiogojira andreui p. 13–15]