†Stephanoura 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, Ophiaulax, Ophiurina, Silesiaster, Stephanouropsis, Syntomospina
Subtaxa: Stephanoura belgica
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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