Fig. 7. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Lapidaster caeloscopus</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the Glasenbach Gorge, Austria. 1. NHMW 2012/0137/0005 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. NHMW 2012/0137/0006 (paratype), median LAP. 3. NHMW 2012/0137/0007 (paratype), distal LAP. 4-6. <i>Lapidaster hystricarboris</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Blockley, Great Britain. 4. GZG.INV.78501 (holotype), proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78502 (paratype), median LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78503 (paratype), distal LAP. 7-8. Lapidaster fasciatus (Kutscher &amp; Villier, 2003) comb. nov. from the middle Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of Le Clapier, France. 7. GZG.INV.78505, proximal LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78506, distal LAP. One common scale bar per species is given.
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