Fig. 25. Fossil skeletal plates and articulated arm fragments of ophiacanthid brittle stars; lateral arm plates (LAPs) in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Alternacantha dilionessa</i> sp. nov. from the early Kimmeridgian of the Pointe du Chay, France. 1. GZG.INV.78666 (paratype), arm spine. 2. GZG. INV.78667 (paratype), median arm fragment in ventral view. 3. GZG.INV.78668 (paratype), proximal arm fragment in lateral (a) and dorsal (b) views. 4-5. <i>Dermocoma subtilirugosa</i> (Kristan-Tollmann &amp; Gramann, 1992) comb. nov. from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Fischerwiese, Austria. 4. GZG.INV.78671, proximal LAP. 5. GZG.INV.78672, median LAP. 6. <i>Dermocoma</i> sp. nov. innom. 1 from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Fischerwiese, Austria; GZG.INV.78674, median LAP. One common scale bar per species except for 1.
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