A NEW SPECIES OF BRITTLESTAR (OPHIUROIDEA, ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE HUNSRUeCK SLATE (LOWER EMSIAN, LOWER DEVONIAN) OF GERMANY

A NEW SPECIES OF BRITTLESTAR (OPHIUROIDEA, ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE HUNSRUeCK SLATE (LOWER EMSIAN, LOWER DEVONIAN) OF GERMANY

Lapworthura lehmanni, a new species of ophiuroid, is described from four specimens from the Lower Devonian Hunsrueck Slate of Germany. It is the only known ophiuroid in the Hunsrueck Slate with paired but unfused ambulacrals, and it exhibits unique rows of spine-bearing dorsal arm ossicles. The genu...

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Published in:Palaeontology Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 969 - 981
Main Authors: Glass, Alexander, Poschmann, Markus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01-09-2006
Subjects:
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Germany, Hunsrueck Slate
British Isles, Scotland
British Isles, England
Australia
Germany
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Summary:Lapworthura lehmanni, a new species of ophiuroid, is described from four specimens from the Lower Devonian Hunsrueck Slate of Germany. It is the only known ophiuroid in the Hunsrueck Slate with paired but unfused ambulacrals, and it exhibits unique rows of spine-bearing dorsal arm ossicles. The genus Lapworthura Gregory was previously known only from the Ordovician of Scotland and the Silurian of England and Australia.
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ISSN:0031-0239
1475-4983
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00587.x