Palaeocoma d'Orbigny 1850 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

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 2:1-428

Parent taxon: Ophiodermatidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ophioderma, Ophiodermatinae, Ophiopsammus

Subtaxa: Palaeocoma escheri Palaeocoma milleri Palaeocoma raiblana

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (8)

• Triassic of France (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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