†Ophiopinna Hess 1960 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1960. Neubeschreibung von Geocoma elegans (Ophiuroidea) aus dem unteren Callovien von La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 53(1):335-385
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthidae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Hess 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Leadagmara, Ophiacantha, Ophiacanthinae, Ophioglyphoida, Ophiolancea, Ophioplinthaca, Ophioplinthacinae
Subtaxa: Ophiopinna elegans
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche (MNHN collection) (Jurassic of France)
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