Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
Full reference: M. Kutscher. 1988. Zur Invertebratenfauna und Stratigraphie des oberen Pliensbachien von Grimmen (DDR), Echinodermata. Freiberger Forschungsheft C419:62-70
Belongs to Ophioderma according to M Kutscher 1988
Sister taxa: Ophioderma hauchecorni, Ophioderma qingchangensis, Ophioderma radiatum, Ophioderma rugensis, Ophioderma spectabilis, Ophioderma squamosum, Ophioderma substriatum, Ophioderma tenuibrachiata, Ophioderma waliabadensis
Type specimen: Holotype 1598/2, Kutscher collection. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Upper Pliensbachian, Grimmen, which is in a Pliensbachian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Upper Pliensbachian, Grimmen
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