Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1991. Neue Schlangensterne aus dem Toarcium und Aalenium des Schwäbischen Jura (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 180:1-11

Belongs to Aplocoma according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Hess 1991

Sister taxa: Aplocoma agassizi, Aplocoma brevispina, Aplocoma buehleri, Aplocoma granulata, Aplocoma lariensis, Aplocoma mutata, Aplocoma torrii

Type specimen: Holotype 23142, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stutgart

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Braunjura beta, Flözhorizont, Aalenian, Aalen-Wasseralfingen (Jurassic of Germany)

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