Fig. 10. Fossil lateral arm plates (LAPs) of ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Lapidaster lukenederi</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of the Ternberg Nappe, Austria. 1. NHMW 2012/0138/0001 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. NHMW 2012/0138/0002 (paratype), median LAP. 3. NHMW 2012/0138/0003 (paratype), distal LAP. 4. <i>Lapidaster</i> sp. nov. innom. 2 from the early Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Geisingen, Germany; GZG.INV.78522, proximal to median LAP. 5-7. <i>Lapidaster coreytaylori</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the middle Aptian (Early Cretaceous) of Carniol, France. 5. GZG.INV.78523 (holotype), proximal LAP. 6. GZG.INV.78524 (paratype), median LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78525 (paratype), distal LAP. 8-10. <i>Lapidaster mathcore</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the middle Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Folkestone, Great Britain. 8. GZG.INV.78528 (holotype), proximal LAP. 9. GZG.INV.78529 (paratype), median LAP. 10. GZG.INV.78530 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species is given.
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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