Euzonosoma tischbeinianum is a large, webbed brittle star of the extinct family Encrinasteridae, found from the Lower Devonian of the Hunsruck Shale lagerstatten, and what is now the Martelange Slate mine near the Luxembourg/Belgian border.
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Name
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Euzonosoma tischbeinianum
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Authority
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(Roemer, 1862)
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Meaning of the generic name
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True-zoned body (of) Tischbeinian
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Size
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Largest specimens about 40 cm in diameter
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Remains
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Several complete specimens
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Age and Distribution
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Lower Devonian (Hunsruck and Matelange Slate)
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Classification
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Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Encrinasteridae
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Further Reading
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Bartles, Cristoph, et al. 2009. The Fossils of the Hunsruck Slate, Marine Life in the Devonian
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