Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae

Full reference: R. W. Morris, H. B. Rollins, and G. D. Shaak. 1973. A New Ophiuroid from the Brush Creek Shale (Conemaugh Group, Pennsylvanian) of Western Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):473-478

Parent taxon: Ophiurinidae according to R. W. Morris et al. 1973

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Argentinaster, Ophiaulax, Ophiurina, Silesiaster, Stephanoura, Stephanouropsis

Subtaxa: Syntomospina kaiyangensis Syntomospina kuehni

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Type: Syntomospina kuehni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mazhai, Kaiyang (Permian of China)

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