Ophiacantha rugosa Kutscher and Jagt 2000 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae

Full reference: M. Kutscher and J.W.M. Jagt. 2000. Early Maastrichitian ophiuroids from RĂ¼gen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). In Jagt J.M.W., Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:45-107

Belongs to Ophiacantha according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000

See also Kutscher and Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis

Type specimen: Holotype FGWG 112/13, Paratypes RGM 428 025

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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