†Ophiopetra bathonica Hess 1964 (brittle star)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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