Syntomospina kaiyangensis Feng 1985 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Full reference: R.-L. Feng. 1985. New discovery of fossil ophiuroids from Guizhou and southern Sichuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 24(3):337-343

Belongs to Syntomospina according to R.-L. Feng 1985

Sister taxon: Syntomospina kuehni

Type specimen: F19-76Ao. Its type locality is Mazhai, Kaiyang, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mazhai, Kaiyang

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