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
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