Ophiozonella tumidasquama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiolepidoidea

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: Amphilepidida Subordo: Ophionereidina Superfamilia: Ophiolepidoidea

Familia: Hemieuryalidae
Genus : Ophiozonella
Species: †Ophiozonella tumidasquama

Name

Ophiozonella tumidasquama Gale et al., 2023: 107–113, figs. 5–9

• ZooBank: 7DFDA594-A5FA-4DF5-B6D8-20FAFD0F186B

• Type horizon and locality: Enokuchi Formation, Albian; Goshoura Island, 1.5 km southwest of Eboshi.

• Holotype: GCM-IVP5277.

• Paratypes: GCM-IVP5278.

References

• Gale, A.S., Ishida, Y., Jagt, J.W.M., Thuy, T., Komatsu, T., Fujita, T. 2023. A New Asteroid (Echinodermata, Astropectinidae) and Ophiuroid (Echinodermata, Hemieuryalidae) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Southern Japan. Paleontological Research 28(2): 103–116. DOI: 10.2517/PR220020 . Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiozonella tumidasquama Gale, Ishida, Jagt, Thuy, Komatsu & Fujita, 2023 † in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on May 25, 2026