Fig. 36. Lateral arm plates (LAPs) of fossil and Recent ophiacanthid brittle stars in external (a) and internal (b) views. 1-3. <i>Reitneracantha dissidens</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the Glasenbach Gorge, Austria. 1. NHMW 2012/0137/0029 (holotype), proximal LAP. 2. NHMW 2012/0137/0030 (paratype), median LAP. 3. NHMW 2012/0137/0031 (paratype), distal LAP. 4-5. <i>Ophiohamus nanus</i> O’Hara &amp; Stöhr, 2006, Recent. 4. Proximal to median LAP. 5. Proximal to median LAP. 6-8. <i>Sabinacantha archetypa</i> gen. et sp. nov. from the late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of the Plettenberg, Germany. 6. GZG.INV.78771 (holotype), proximal LAP. 7. GZG.INV.78772 (paratype), median LAP. 8. GZG.INV.78773 (paratype), distal LAP. One common scale bar per species.
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