Geocoma d'Orbigny 1850 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 1:1-392

Parent taxon: Aplocominae according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxon: Sinosura

Subtaxa: Geocoma canjuersensis Geocoma carinata Geocoma libanotica Geocoma magna Geocoma planata Geocoma schoentalensis

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Type: Ophiura carinata

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Germany (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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