Fig. 31. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-4. <i>Ishidacantha fuersichi</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Jumara, India. 1. GZG.INV.78728 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. GZG.INV.78729 (paratype), proximal LAP. 3. GZG.INV.78730 (paratype), median LAP. 4. GZG.INV.78731 (paratype), distal LAP. 5-6. <i>Ishidacantha trispinosa</i> (Hess, 1965) comb. nov. from the early Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Longecombe, France. 5. NHMB M11222, proximal LAP. 6. NHMB M11223, distal LAP. 7-9. <i>Ophiomitrella conferta</i> (Koehler, 1922), Recent. 7. Proximal LAP. 8. median LAP. 9. distal LAP. 10-12. Ophiomitrella? sp. 1 from the Callovian of Bauer-Wehrland, Germany. 10. GZG.INV.78735, proximal LAP. 11. GZG.INV.78736, median LAP. 12. GZG.INV.78737, distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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