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Ophiacanthida
| Description | Ophiacanthida is an order of echinoderms belonging to the class Ophiuroidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiacanthida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ophiacanthida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiacanthida |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Clarkcomidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Ophiacanthidaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 55 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ophiobyrsidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiocamacidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiocomidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ophiodermatidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 64 | 254 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ophiomyxidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ophiopezidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiopteridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiotomidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiambix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiotitanos ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
References
| O'Hara, T. D.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S.; Martynov, A. V. (2017). Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 415-430. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
