Fig. 30. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Dermacantha</i> sp. nov. innom. from the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary of Touert, France. 1. GZG.INV.78714, proximal LAP. 2. GZG.INV.78715, median LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78716, distal LAP. 4-6. <i>Dermacantha carli</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of the Plettenberg, Germany. 4. GZG.INV.78718 (holotype), proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78719 (paratype), median LAP. 6. GZG. INV.78720 (paratype), distal LAP. 7-9. <i>Ishidacantha hirokoae</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the middle Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of Le Clapier, France. 7. GZG.INV.78723 (holotype), proximal LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78724 (paratype), median LAP. 9. GZG.INV.78725 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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