Fig. 37. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-2. <i>Ophiochondrus convolutus</i> Lyman, 1869, Recent. 1. Proximal LAP. 2. Median LAP. 3. <i>Ophiochondrus stelliger</i> Lyman, 1879, Recent; proximal LAP. 4-5. <i>Ophiochondrus punctatus</i> (Kutscher &amp; Jagt, 2000) comb. nov. from the early Maastrichtian (Early Cretaceous) of Rügen, Germany. 4. GZG.INV.78775, proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78776, distal LAP. 6-7. <i>Ophiochondrus? semirotundus</i> (Kutscher &amp; Jagt, 2000) comb. nov. from the early Maastrichtian of Rügen, Germany. 6. GZG.INV.78800, proximal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78801, median LAP. 8-9. Ophiacanthidae gen. et sp. nov. innom. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of the Plettenberg, Germany. 8. GZG.INV.78802, proximal LAP. 9. GZG.INV.78803, median or distal LAP. 10-11. <i>Ophiojagtus argoviensis</i> (Hess, 1966) comb. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Savigna, France. 10. NHMB M1124, proximal LAP. 11. NHMB M11225, proximal to median LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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