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Ophiogaleus
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiacanthidae : Ophiogaleus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ophiogaleus Thuy, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Thuy, Ben. 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. |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Ophiogaleus constrictus ✝species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Ophiogaleus danicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ophiogaleus dorecki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophiogaleus stans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| Thuy, B. (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. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| European Journal of Taxonomy 48: -. [1-242] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Article title: 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). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!
