Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 1:1-392
Parent taxon: Aplocominae according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Sinosura
Subtaxa: Geocoma canjuersensis Geocoma carinata Geocoma libanotica Geocoma magna Geocoma planata Geocoma schoentalensis
Type: Ophiura carinata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Germany (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
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