Ophiacantha dorecki Hess 1962 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II. Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Bericht der schweitzerischen palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 55(2):609-656

Belongs to Ophiacantha according to H. Hess 1962

See also Kutscher 1996

Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuridea, Schicht A, Pliensbachian, Seewen, Solothurn, which is in a Pliensbachian offshore claystone in Switzerland

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Switzerland (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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