Fig. 26. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Dermocoma faberi</i> sp. nov. from the Hettangian (Early Jurassic) of Vance, Belgium. 1. MnhnL HE408 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. MnhnL HE409 (paratype), median LAP. 3. MnhnL HE410 (paratype), distal LAP. 4-6. <i>Dermocoma potti</i> sp. nov. from the late Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Feuguerolles, France. 4. GZG.INV.78675 (holotype), proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78676 (paratype), median LAP. 6. GZG. INV.78677 (paratype), distal LAP. 7-8. <i>Dermocoma toarcensis</i> (Hess, 1962) comb. nov. from the late Toarcian (Early Jurassic) of Seewen, Switzerland. 7. NHMB M11216, proximal LAP. 8. NHMB M11217, distal LAP. 9-11. <i>Dermocoma longwyensis</i> sp. nov. from the early Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Longwy, France. 9. GZG.INV.78679 (holotype), proximal LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78680 (paratype), median LAP. 11. GZG.INV.78681 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). <i>European Journal of Taxonomy</i> 48: 1-242.
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