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Ophiotitanos serrata

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4975738https://www.gbif.org/species/4975738
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)81958https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81958
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophiotitanos serrata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiuridae : Ophiura : Ophiotitanos serrata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumAsterozoavon Zittel 1895
classOphiuroideaGray 1840
orderOphiurida
familyOphiuridaeLyman 1865
genusOphiuraLamarck 1801
speciesOphiotitanos serrataRoemer 1840
Generic NameOphiotitanos
Scientific NameOphiotitanos serrata (Roemer, 1840)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiurastated without evidenceRoemer, 1841
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Acrourastated without evidenced'Orbigny, 1850
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiurastated with evidenceForbes, 1850
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophioglyphastated without evidenceLütken, 1869
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiuritesstated without evidenceBöhm, 1891
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiurastated without evidenceSpencer, 1907
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiotitanosstated without evidenceHess, 1960
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiurastated without evidenceMaryanska and Popiel-Barczyk, 1969
Ophiura serrataspeciesbelongs to Ophiotitanosstated without evidenceJagt and Kutscher, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Ophiuroidea)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea)
Visionblind (based on Ophiuroidea)
Dietdetritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. A. Roemer. 1841. Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Kreidegebirges 2:49-145

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ophiura parvisentum Spencer, 1907GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophiura parvisentum
Ophioglypha gracilis Valette, 1915GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophioglypha gracilis
Ophiura serrata Roemer, 1840GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophiura serrata
Ophioglypha serrata (Roemer, 1840)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophioglypha serrata
Acroura serrata (Roemer, 1841)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Acroura serrata
Ophiurites serratus (Roemer, 1841)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophiurites serratus
Ophiura parvisentis Spencer, 1907GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophiura parvisentis
Ophioglypha parvisentis (Spencer, 1907)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiotitanos : Ophioglypha parvisentis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1841Ophiura serrata Roemer p. 29 figs. pl. 6, fig. 23
1843Ophiura serrata Forbes p. 234 fig. 2
1845Ophiura serrata Reuss p. 58 fig. 26
1850Ophiura serrata Forbes p. 337 figs. pl. 23, fig. 2-3
1850Acroura serrata d'Orbigny p. 274
1869Ophioglypha serrata Lütken p. 73
1887Ophioglypha serrata Peron p. 214 figs. pl. 3, fig. 40-42
1891Ophiurites serratus Böhm p. 100
1907Ophiura serrata Spencer p. 102 figs. pl. 27, fig. 3
1907Ophiura parvisentum Spencer p. 103 figs. pl. 27, fig. 4
1908Ophiura parvisentis Spencer p. 135
1914Ophioglypha parvisentis Valette p. 131 fig. 2
YearName and Author
1914Ophioglypha gracilis Valette p. 135 fig. 3
1950Ophioderma arkonensis Müller p. 56 figs. pl. 1, fig. C1-5; pl. 3, fig. P1-2
1950Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 111 figs. pl. 16, fig. 1-8
1951Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 50 fig. 7
1960Ophiotitanos serrata Hess p. 751
1969Ophiura serrata Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk p. 137
1972Ophiura serrata Rasmussen p. 60
1997Ophiura serrata Storc p. 172
1998Ophiotitanos serrata Jagt and Kutscher fig. 1c
1999Ophiotitanos serrata Helm et al. figs. pl. 1, fig. 12-17; pl. 2, fig. 3-5; pl.
2000Ophiotitanos serrata Jagt p. 28 figs. pl. 7, fig. 4, 5; pl. 8, fig. 3, 4; pl.
2008Ophiotitanos serrata Storc and Zitt pp. 132-134 figs. Figs 6A–F, 7B, H

References

Roemer F. A. , Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Kreidegebirges 2, 49-145
Forbes E. On the fossil remains of starfishes and of the order Ophiuridae, found in Britain, Proceedings of the geological Society of London 4, 232-234
Reuss A. M. Die Versteinerungen der Böhmischen Kreideformation, E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 2, 1-148
Forbes E. Description of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Notes on Cretaceous Echinodermata, The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex, 325-343
d'Orbigny A. , Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2, 1-428
Peron A. Notes pour servir à l'histoire du terrain de craie dans le sud-est du bassin anglo-parisien, avec notes et descriptions d'Echinides nouveaux ou peu connus par MM Gauthier et Lambert, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne 41, 145-224
Böhm J. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern, Palaeontographica 38, 1-106
Spencer W. K. (1907) A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, Paleontographical Society Monographs 2 4, 91-132
Valette A. (1914) Les Ophiures de la Craie des Environs de Sens, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne 68 18, 125-150
Müller A. H. (1950) Die Ophiuroideenreste aus dem Mucronatensenon von Rügen, Geologica 5, 4-35
Rasmussen H. W. (1950) Cretaceous Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea with a special reference to the species found in Denmark, Denmarks Geologiske Undersogelse 2, 1-134
Rasmussen H. W. (1951) Cretaceous Ophiuroidea from Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Jersey, Saertryk af Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 12, 48-56
Hess H. (1960) Über zwei Ophiuren (Ophiocoma ? rasmusseni n. sp. und Ophiotitanos tenuis) aus der Englischer Kreide, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 53 2, 747-757
Maryanska T., Popiel-Barczyk E. (1969) On the Remains of Ophiuroidea from the Uppermost Maastrichtian and Danian Deposits at Nasilòw near Pulawy, Poland, Prace Muzeum Ziemi 14, 131-139
Rasmussen H. W. (1972) Lower Tertiary Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea from Northern Europe and Greenland, Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 19, 1-83
Storc R. (1997) Ophiuroid remains from the nearshore environments of the Bohemian Cretaceous basin (Cenomanian - Turonian boundary interval). A preliminary report., Vestnik Ceského geologického ustavu [Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey] 72 2, 171-174
Helm C., Jagt J.W.M., et al (1999) Early Campanian ophiuroids from the Hannover area (Lower Saxony, Germany), Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E30, 161-173
Jagt J. W. M. (2000) Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids, Scripta Geologica 21, 1-179
Storc R., Zitt J. (2008) Late Turonian ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic, Bulletin of Geosciences 83 2, 123-140
Hess, H. (1960). Über zwei Ophiuren (Ophiocoma ? rasmusseni n.sp. und Ophiotitanos tenuis Spencer) aus der englischen Kreid. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 53(2), 747-757. - via World Register of Marine Species
Hess, H. (1960) Über zwei Ophiuren (Ophiocoma ? rasmusseni n.sp. und Ophiotitanos tenuis Spencer) aus der englischen Kreid: Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 53(2), 747-757 - via Catalogue of Life
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