Shoshonura brayardi 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

Belongs to Shoshonura according to B. Thuy 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UBGD 30565. Its type locality is Paris Canyon (Paris Biota), which is in a Spathian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/marl in Idaho.

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

Distribution: found only at Paris Canyon (Paris Biota)

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