Fig. 34. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-4. <i>Ophioleviathan watsoni</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the Glasenbach Gorge, Austria. 1. NHMW 2012/0137/0024 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. NHMW 2012/0137/0025 (paratype), proximal LAP. 3. NHMW 2012/0137/0026 (paratype), median LAP. 4. NHMW 2012/0137/0027 (paratype), distal LAP. 5-7. <i>Manfredura curvata</i> (Kutscher &amp; Jagt, 2000) comb. nov. from the early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Rügen, Germany. 5. GZG.INV.78759, proximal LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78760, median LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78761, distal LAP. 8-9. Ophiomitra valida Lyman, 1869, Recent. 8. Proximal LAP. 9. Median LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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