Fig. 38. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-4. <i>Ophiojagtus irimurai</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the early Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of the Pointe du Chay, France. 1. GZG.INV.78808 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. GZG.INV.78809 (paratype), median LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78810 (paratype), median LAP. 4. GZG.INV.78811 (paratype), distal LAP. 5-7. <i>Ophiojagtus acklesi</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Aptian (Early Cretaceous) of Wizard Way, Texas. 5. GZG.INV.78814 (holotype), proximal LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78815 (paratype), median to distal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78816 (paratype), proximal LAP. 8. <i>Ophiojagtus</i> sp. 1 from the early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Waco, Texas; proximal LAP. 9-10. <i>Ophiojagtus alternatus</i> (Kutscher &amp; Jagt, 2000) comb. nov. from the early late Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Haccourt, Belgium. 9. NHMM 2012 060, proximal to median LAP. 10. NHMM 2012 061, proximal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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