Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1842. System der Asteriden. F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1-147
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Chapman 1934, Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Leadagmara, Ophiacanthinae, Ophioglyphoida, Ophiolancea, Ophiopinna, Ophioplinthaca, Ophioplinthacinae
Subtaxa: Ophiacantha biformis Ophiacantha binitorulosa Ophiacantha constricta Ophiacantha danica Ophiacantha dorecki Ophiacantha francojurassica Ophiacantha liesbergensis Ophiacantha punctata Ophiacantha rugosa Ophiacantha striata Ophiacantha subtilirugosa Ophiacantha suprajurassica Ophiacantha toarcensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (2), the Netherlands (1)
• Jurassic of France (5), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Iran (1)
Total: 33 collections including 50 occurrences
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