Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: H. L. Clark. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittlestars and seaurchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3:361-482
Parent taxon: Ophiuridae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Blake 1975, Blake and Allison 1970, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Felderophiura, Huangzhishania, Ophiocten, Ophioleucinae, Ophiura, Ophiurinae, Ophiurites
Subtaxa: Ophiocrossota baconi Ophiocrossota oweni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Paleogene of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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