Ophiurites trunensis Böhm 1891 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Belongs to Ophiurites according to J. Böhm 1891

Sister taxon: Ophiurites pustulosus

Type specimen: unknown, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerharsreit Formation of Germany.

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

Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben

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