Palaeocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived during the Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic Periods. Its fossils have been found in Europe.[2]

Palaeocoma
Temporal range: Ladinian-Toarcian
~242–182 Ma
Palaeocoma milleri, Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) England.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Palaeocoma
d'Orbigny, 1850[1]
Species
  • Palaeocoma escheri
  • Palaeocoma milleri
  • Palaeocoma raiblana

Distribution edit

The genus Palaeocoma was revised by Hess (1960, 1962)[3][4] and is known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) to the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) with occurrences reported from the United Kingdom,[5][6] France,[7][8] Luxembourg,[9] Germany,[10] Switzerland,[3][4] Italy,[11] and Serbia and Montenegro.[12]

Type species edit

Palaeocoma milleri (Phillips, 1829)[13] [= P. gaveyi and P. egertoni according to Jaselli (2015, p. 192)], an Early Jurassic (Sinemurian and Pliensbachian) species recorded from France, Germany, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Lombardy in Italy.[14]

Synonymised names edit

Ophioderma carinata Wright, 1866[15]
Ophioderma egertoni (Broderip, 1840)[16]
Ophioderma gaveyi Wright, 1854[17]
Ophioderma milleri (Phillips, 1829)
Ophiura egertoni Broderip, 1840
Ophiura milleri Phillips, 1829
Ophiurella milleri (Phillips, 1829)
Palaeocoma egertoni (Broderip, 1840)
Palaeocoma gaveyi (Wright, 1854)

Other species edit

Gallery edit

References edit

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