The oldest representative of a modern deep-sea ophiacanthid brittle-star clade from Jurassic shallow-water coral reef sediments

• Autorzy: Thuy B. , Schulz H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Ophiurites crinitus is a fossil brittle−star species which passed largely unnoticed since its original description. In this paper, we redescribe the type material of O. crinitus with the aim to put it into the context of modern ophiuroid systematics, and propose the new genus name Ophiosternle to replace the invalid Ophiurites. The re−assessed species is shown to be a member of the extant deep−sea family Ophiacanthidae, articulated fossils of which are extremely rare. It presents greatest affinities with members of the Ophioplinthaca–Ophiocamax–Ophiomitra clade, of which it most probably represents the oldest known fossil species. The depositional environment of the strata, which yielded the described specimens is interpreted as shallow, storm−influenced marine setting in the immediate vicinity of coral reefs. This contrasts with the distribution pattern of extant species of the Ophioplinthaca–Ophiocamax–Ophiomitra clade, which almost exclusively occur at depths exceeding the shelf break.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea; Ophiacanthidae; coral reef; deep sea group; Late Jurassic; Mergelstetten Formation; Germany; sediment

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 58
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.525-531,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Thuy B.

• Geoscience Institute, Department of Geobiology, University of Gottingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, D−37077 Gottingen, Germany

autor

Schulz H.

• Department of Geosciences, University of Tubingen, Paleobiology, Holderlinstrasse 12, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany

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