Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Full reference: R. Ruedemann. 1916. Account of some new or little known species of fossils mostly from Palaeozoic rocks of New York. Paleontological contributions from the New York State Museum 189:7-97

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ophiaulax, Ophiurina, Silesiaster, Stephanoura, Stephanouropsis, Syntomospina

Subtaxa: none

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

Distribution: found only at Talacasto Formation Echinoderms, southwestern Jachal, Argentine Precordillera (Devonian of Argentina)

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