†family Aplocomidae Hess 1965 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1965. Trias-Ophiuren aus Deutschland, England, Italien und Spanien. Mitteilungen der bayerischen Saatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 5:151-177

Parent taxon: Chilophiurina according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Hess 1965, Hess 1972, Hess 1985 and Hess 1991

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aplocominae Arenorbis Ophiopetrinae

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

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2)

• Jurassic of Austria (4), Belgium (1), France (14), Germany (10), Luxembourg (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (12), the United Kingdom (6)

• Triassic of Germany (5), Poland (1)

Total: 58 collections including 93 occurrences

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