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  • Geocoma carinata (v. Münster in Goldfuss, 1833)


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    Taxonomy

    Brittle Star

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata Klein 1754
    Class: Ophiuroidea Gray 1840
    Order: Ophiurida Müller and Troschel 1840
    Family: Aplocomidae Hess 1965
    Genus: Geocoma
    Species: Geocoma carinata
    Author Citation (v. Münster in Goldfuss, 1833)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Tithonian

    Stratigraphy

    Weissjura Group
    Solnhofen Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Hybonotum Zone
    Riedense Subzone

    Provenance

    Collector: T. Bastelberger
    Date Collected: 07/01/1975
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 8 cm

    Location

    Zandt Quarry
    Denkendorf, county of Eichstätt
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    Brittle stars are rather rare in the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen, but are quite common in Zandt.

     




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