Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1907. A Monograph of the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. Volume second: The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Paleontographical Society Monographs 2(4):91-132
Parent taxon: Ophiurinae according to B. Thuy and A. Kroh 2011
See also Jagt 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Aspiduriella, Cholaster, Praeaplocoma
Subtaxa: Ophiotitanos laevis Ophiotitanos magnus Ophiotitanos pilleri Ophiotitanos smithi Ophiotitanos tenuis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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