Fig. 27. Fossil lateral arm plates in external (a) and internal (b) views and articulated arm fragment of ophiacanthid brittle stars. 1-2. <i>Dermocoma wrighti</i> Hess, 1964 from the early Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Liesberg, Switzerland. 1. NHMB M11218, proximal LAP. 2. NHMB M11219, distal LAP. 3-4. <i>Dermocoma</i> sp. 1 from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Jumara, India. 3. GZG.INV.78687, proximal LAP. 4. GZG.INV.78688, distal LAP. 5-8. <i>Dermocoma biformis</i> (Hess, 1975) comb. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Guldental, Switzerland (5-6) and Savigna, France (7-8). 5. NHMB M11220, proximal LAP. 6. NHMB M11221, distal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78690, proximal LAP. 8. GZG. INV.78692, proximal arm fragment in ventral (a) and dorsal (b) views. One common scale bar for 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7 and 8 respectively.
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