†Amphiura cretacea Spencer 1907 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1907. A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Paleontographical Society Monographs 2(4):91-132
Belongs to Amphiura according to W. K. Spencer 1907
Sister taxa: Amphiura lymani, Amphiura plana, Amphiura sanctaecrucis
Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E 5059
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Folkestone (Holaster subglobosus zone) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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