Fig. 29. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1. <i>Dermocoma</i> sp. nov. innom. 4 from the early Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain; NHM EE 14844, proximal LAP. 2-5. <i>Dermacantha pattyana</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Hettangian (Early Jurassic) of Fontenoille, Belgium. 2. MnhnL HE414 (holotype), proximal LAP. 3. MnhnL HE415 (paratype), proximal LAP. 4. MnhnL HE416 (paratype), median LAP. 5. MnhnL HE417 (paratype), distal LAP. 6-8. <i>Dermacantha seeweni</i> (Kutscher &amp; Hary, 1991) comb. nov. from the late Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Bishop’s Cleeve, Great Britain. 6. GZG.INV.78706, proximal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78707, median LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78708, distal LAP. 9-11. <i>Dermacantha leonorae</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Blockley, Great Britain. 9. GZG.INV.78710 (holotype), proximal LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78711 (paratype), median LAP. 11. GZG.INV.78712 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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