Hemieuryale von Martens 1867 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae
Alternative spelling: Hemieurylae
Parent taxon: Hemieuryalidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Matsumoto 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Hemieuryalinae, Ophiozonella, Sigsbeia
Subtaxa: Hemieuryale argoviensis Hemieuryale parva
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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