Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1964. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetia 57(2):755-821
Parent taxon: Aplocominae according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Geocoma
Subtaxa: Sinosura brodiei Sinosura extensa Sinosura fasciata Sinosura jasmundensis Sinosura portei Sinosura reicheli Sinosura schneideri Sinosura wolburgi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (3), Belgium (1), France (8), Germany (6), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 35 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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