A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain
A Lochkovian (Early Devonian) ophiuroid (Echinodermata), Ophiocantabria elegans n. gen. and sp., is based on a single small, well-preserved specimen collected from a shale-rich horizon of the Furada Formation, Asturias, Spain. Sedimentologic and palaeontologic data suggest its occurrence was in a n...
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| author | D.B. BLAKE S. ZAMORA J.L. GARCÍA-ALCALDE |
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A Lochkovian (Early Devonian) ophiuroid (Echinodermata), Ophiocantabria elegans n. gen. and sp., is based on a single small, well-preserved specimen collected from a shale-rich horizon of the Furada Formation, Asturias, Spain. Sedimentologic and palaeontologic data suggest its occurrence was in a near-shore setting subjected to frequent storms. Ophiocantabria is assigned to the Encrinasteridae based on the morphology of individual skeletal elements, although overall form of the new species is similar to that of approximately coeval members of the asteroid family Xenasteridae. Such homoplasy, especially among earlier members of asterozoan class-level clades, is an important but not well understood aspect of subphylum evolution.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d7fb5b972774c8c8bf504f1a8cf9db82023-10-20T07:22:47ZengUniversitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Geologica Acta1696-57282015-07-01134A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from SpainD.B. BLAKE0S. ZAMORA1J.L. GARCÍA-ALCALDE2Department of Geology, University of Illinois. 506 W Springfield, Champaign, 61820, USA.nstituto Geológico y Minero de España. C/ Manuel Lasala, 44, 9ºB, 50006, Zaragoza, Spain. Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC, 20013-7012, USADepartamento de Geología (Área Paleontología), Universidad de Oviedo. C/ Jesús Arias de Velasco s/n, 33005. Oviedo (Asturias), Spain. A Lochkovian (Early Devonian) ophiuroid (Echinodermata), Ophiocantabria elegans n. gen. and sp., is based on a single small, well-preserved specimen collected from a shale-rich horizon of the Furada Formation, Asturias, Spain. Sedimentologic and palaeontologic data suggest its occurrence was in a near-shore setting subjected to frequent storms. Ophiocantabria is assigned to the Encrinasteridae based on the morphology of individual skeletal elements, although overall form of the new species is similar to that of approximately coeval members of the asteroid family Xenasteridae. Such homoplasy, especially among earlier members of asterozoan class-level clades, is an important but not well understood aspect of subphylum evolution. https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/11109OphiuroideaEchinodermataDevonianSpainPhylogeny |
| spellingShingle | D.B. BLAKE S. ZAMORA J.L. GARCÍA-ALCALDE A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain Geologica Acta Ophiuroidea Echinodermata Devonian Spain Phylogeny |
| title | A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain |
| title_full | A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain |
| title_fullStr | A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain |
| title_short | A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain |
| title_sort | new devonian asteroid like ophiuroid from spain |
| topic | Ophiuroidea Echinodermata Devonian Spain Phylogeny |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/11109 |
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