Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Ophioglypha according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, Ophiura astonensis, Ophiura bartonensis, Ophiura bognoriensis, Ophiura carpelloides, Ophiura costata, Ophiura cretacea, Ophiura cunliffei, Ophiura davisi, Ophiura furiae, Ophiura graysonensis, Ophiura hendleri, Ophiura kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is San Rafael River, below Castledale, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in Utah
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at San Rafael River, below Castledale
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