†Ophiaulax Ubaghs 1941 (brittle star)
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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
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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