Fossil Ophiuroids of Mexico

Martín-Medrano, Leonora; García-Barrera, Pedro

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3985-9_7

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“…Clark, 1947(Caso, 1980 along the coast of Chiapas, and then Luke (1982) Thus, there are 15 species of echinoderms in Chiapas; the class Ophiuroidea is the least studied. To date, there are just two ophiuroid records from Chiapas: D. daniana collected at Puerto Madero (Honey-Escandón et al, 2008;Granja-Fernández and López-Pérez, 2012;Solís-Marín and Laguarda-Figueras, 2013;Granja-Fernández et al, 2015a, 2015b, and a fossil record of the family Ophiuridae, recovered from the San Juan Formation (Martín-Medrano and García- Barrera, 2006). In this article, we provide three new records of ophiuroids from the coast of Chiapas, contributing to the knowledge of the marine fauna of the region.…”

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New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the coast of Chiapas, Mexico

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Knowledge about ophiuroids from Chiapas, Mexico, is still limited; only Diopederma daninana was previously recorded in the state. In order to contribute to the knowledge of their diversity in the region, ophiuroids were collected in four localities of Puerto Chiapas, in different substrata and at different depths. Three species were identified: Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) spiculata, Ophiactis savignyi, and Ophiactis simplex. O. simplex was the most abundant and well distributed. With these additions, we updated the checklist of ophiuroids from Chiapas to five species.

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New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the coast of Chiapas, Mexico

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“…(2000), Martin‐Medrano (2003, 2006), Alvarado‐Ortega (2005), Applegate et al . (2006) and Martin‐Medrano and García‐Barrera (2006).…”

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New Albian (Early Cretaceous) Ophiuroids From the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico

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On the basis of six articulated individuals from the middle to late Albian lithographic limestone at Tlayú a near Tepexi de Rodríguez (Puebla, Mexico), a new species of ophiuroid, Ophiactis applegatei, is described. The material adds to the rather poor record of Early Cretaceous brittlestars and represents the oldest known member of the family Ophiactidae, being based on well-preserved and articulated specimens and thus reasonably well defined morphologically. The rarity of ophiuroids, their complete preservation as well as the unnatural contortions of their arms suggest these specimens to be allochthonous, having been transported into a hostile environment where burial was rapid.

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