Kentrospondylus Lehmann 1957 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Phrynophiurida - Eospondylidae

Full reference: W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschifern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landeshamtes für Bodenforchung 21:1-160

Parent taxon: Eospondylidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Lehmann 1957 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eospondylus, Ophioflabellum

Subtaxa: Kentrospondylus decadactylus

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Type: Kentrospondylus decadactylus

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)

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