Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Palaeophiuridae

Alternative spelling: Palaeophioridae

Full reference: J. W. Gregory. 1897. On the classification of the Palaeozoic echinoderms of the group Ophiuroidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896:1028-1044

Parent taxon: Lysophiurae according to F. B. Phleger 1936

See also Gregory 1897, Owen 1965 and Schuchert 1915

Sister taxon: Protasteridae

Subtaxa: Inyoaster

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Type: Palaeophiura

Distribution: found only at Inyoaster bradleyi type locality (Ordovician of California)

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