†Kentrospondylus Lehmann 1957 (brittle star)
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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
Type: Kentrospondylus decadactylus
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)
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