Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336
Parent taxon: Ophiodermatoidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, O'Hara et al. 2017, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc and Zitt 2008 and Wolburg 1939
Sister taxa: Ophiomyxidae, Ophiopezidae
Subtaxa: Ophioderma Ophiodermatinae Ophiopsammus Palaeocoma
Type: Ophioderma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), the Czech Republic (7), Denmark (1), France (5), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (3), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (8)
• Triassic of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 51 collections including 57 occurrences