Bohemura jahni Jaekel, 1903
(line drawing by V. Petr)

The lectotype of this endemic Bohemian protasterid brittlestar comes from the Middle Ordovician, Berounian (Caradocian), Zahorany Formation. If you ever read or will read the below cited articles, you can be perplexed because the first submitted study issued a year later and there is no notice about the important discovery of the same species in the Letna Formation.

See also:

Photograph of the lectotype
Photograph of a specimen holding the theca of Sphenothallus sp.
Photograph of a specimen holding a conulariid
Drawing of a specimen feeding clearly on a carpoid
Photograph of a specimen feeding clearly on a carpoid
Detail of the photograph of a specimen feeding clearly on a carpoid



See the articles:


Petr, V. (1988): A notice on the occurrence of Bohemura jahni (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in the Bohemian Middle Ordovician. - Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho, 63(1): 35-38. Praha.

Petr, V. (1989): Revision of morphology and ecology of Bohemura jahni Jaekel, 1903 (Ophiuroidea, Protasteridae) from Bohemian Middle Ordovician. - Sbornik Narodniho muzea, Rada B, 45 (1): 1-20. Praha.


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