Ophiaulax Ubaghs 1941 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Full reference: G. Ubaghs. 1941. Description de quelques ophiures de Famennien de la Belgique. Bulletin du Musée Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 17(44):1-31

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

See also Haude and Thomas 1983 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Ophiaulax decheni

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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