Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
Synonym: Ophiuraster Miller 1958 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. E. Hattin. 1967. Permian ophiuroids from northern Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 41(2):489-492
Parent taxon: Ophiolepididae according to D. E. Hattin 1967
See also Mayou 1969, Miller 1958, Miller 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplocoma, Enakomusium, Eozonella, Mesophiomusium, Ophiolepis, Ophiomastinae
Subtaxa: Archaeophiomusium andinum Archaeophiomusium bispinosum Archaeophiomusium burrisi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma collections), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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