Shoshonura Thuy 2019 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida

Full reference: B. Thuy. 2019. Taxonomic names, in A new brittle star (Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatina) from the Early Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA). Geobios 54:55-61

Parent taxon: Ophiodermatina according to B. Thuy 2019

Sister taxa: Ophiocomoidea, Ophiodermatoidea

Subtaxa: Shoshonura brayardi

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Type: Shoshonura brayardi

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

Distribution: found only at Paris Canyon (Paris Biota) (Triassic of Idaho)

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