Ophiolofsson immolation Thuy & Eriksson & Kutscher & Numberger-Thuy 2024
Creators: name: Thuy, Ben
name: Eriksson, Mats E.
name: Kutscher, Manfred
name: Numberger-Thuy, Lea D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Phrynophiurida
Onychasteridae
Ophiolofsson
Ophiolofsson immolation

description: Ophiolofsson immolation gen. et sp. nov.
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Figs 4A–D, 7
Diagnosis
Species of Ophiolofsson gen. nov. with lateral arm plates of almost oval outline; outer surface with a fine tuberculation; up to three small, weakly developed lateral spine articulations in a continuous row along the distal plate edge; up to five moderately large, but weakly developed ambulacral groove spine articulations.
Etymology
Species named after legendary American death metal band, Immolation, who came onto the scene slightly later than the above-mentioned Obituary.
Type material
Holotype
SWEDEN • Gotland, Tjälderviken; NRM PAL Ec38328.
Paratype
SWEDEN • same data as for holotype; NRM PAL Ec38329.
Type locality and stratum
Wenlock Series, Whitwell Stage, Ozarkodina sagitta sagitta conodont Zone, Slite Group (upper part – “ Pentamerus gothlandicus beds” or equivalents); Tjälderviken, Gotland, Sweden.
Description
Holotype (Fig. 4A–B)
NRM PAL Ec38328 is a dissociated proximal lateral arm plate approximately 1.3 times as long as high; dorsal edge very weakly convex, distal edge convex and proximal edge straight without central incision; narrow, poorly defined and distalwards concave depressed area at proximal edge; outer surface of lateral arm plate with fine, densely packed tubercles consisting of weakly enlarged trabecular intersections covering entire outer surface except for depressed area at proximal edge; three small lateral arm spine articulations, freestanding and weakly prominent spine articulations in vertical to slightly oblique row from ventral to dorsal edge of lateral arm plate; spine articulations relatively close to distal edge of lateral arm plate; ventral edge of lateral arm plate convex, with protrusions of five ambulacral groove spine articulations. Inner side of lateral arm plate (Fig. 4B) with large, well-defined vertebral articulation in dorso-proximal corner, with clearly depressed center; inner distal edge of lateral arm plate very weakly elevated and separated from remaining outer surface by low, moderately well-defined vertical ridge; large, moderately-defined tubercle notch distally sharply bordered by ridge of elevated distal edge; ventral edge of lateral arm plate without incision for tentacle notch but with five small, poorly-defined, nearly equidistant and equal-sized ambulacral groove spine articulations.
Paratype (supplements)
NRM PAL Ec38328 (Fig. 4C–D) is a dissociated median to distal lateral arm plate approximately 1.4 times as long as high; outline, outer surface ornamentation and spine articulations as in holotype; ventral edge with only four protrusions of ambulacral groove spine articulations.
Remarks
The lateral arm plates of Ophiolofsson immolation gen. et sp. nov. can be distinguished from their congeners by the fine outer surface tuberculation combined with three small, inconspicuous lateral arm spine articulations in a vertical row along the entire distal plate edge.
Occurrence
Tjälderviken and Filehajdar.
description: Published as part of Thuy, Ben, Eriksson, Mats E., Kutscher, Manfred & Numberger-Thuy, Lea D., 2024, The beginning of a success story: basalmost members of the extant ophiuroid clade from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden, pp. 216-247 in European Journal of Taxonomy 947 (1) on pages 228-229, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2631, http://zenodo.org/record/13365641