Ophiopetra bathonica Hess 1964 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1964. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetia 57(2):755-821

Belongs to Ophiopetra according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Hess 1964 and Hess 1972

Sister taxa: Ophiopetra lithographica, Ophiopetra oertlii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Bathonian, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom

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

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Switzerland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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