Fig. 35. Skeletal plates and arm fragments of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars; lateral arm plates (LAPs) in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Ophiocamax vitrea</i> Lyman, 1878, Recent. 1. Proximal LAP. 2. Median LAP. 3. Dorsal arm plate. 4-5. <i>Ophiocamax hystrix</i> Lyman, 1878, Recent. 4. Proximal LAP. 5. Median LAP. 6. <i>Ophiocamax austera</i> Verrill, 1899, Recent; proximal LAP. 7-11. <i>Ophiocamax dorotheae</i> sp. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Savigna, France. 7. GZG.INV.78763 (holotype), proximal LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78764 (paratype), median LAP. 9. GZG.INV.78765 (paratype), distal LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78766 (paratype), proximal arm fragment in ventral view. 11. GZG.INV.78767 (paratype), median arm fragment in dorsal view. One common scale bar per species except for 10 and 11.
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