Fig. 28. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-4. <i>Dermocoma numbergerorum</i> sp. nov. from the middle Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Foug, France. 1. GZG.INV.78695 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. GZG.INV.78696 (paratype), proximal LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78697 (paratype), median LAP. 4. GZG.INV.78698 (paratype), distal LAP. 5-8. <i>Dermocoma simonschneideri</i> sp. nov. from the early Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of the Pointe du Chay, France (5) and the late Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Trancoso, Portugal (6-8). 5. GZG.INV.78700 (holotype), proximal LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78701 (paratype), proximal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78702 (paratype), median LAP. 8. GZG. INV.78703 (paratype), distal LAP. 9. <i>Dermocoma</i> sp. nov. innom. 2 from the early Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Geisingen, Germany; GZG.INV.78705, median to distal LAP. 10-11. <i>Dermocoma</i> sp. nov. innom. 3 from the late Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of the Ternberg Nappe, Austria. 10. NHMW 2012/0138/0009, proximal LAP. 11. NHMW 2012/0138/0010, distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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