†Ophiocrossota baconi Blake and Allison 1970 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. C. Allison. 1970. A new west American Eocene species of the recent Australian ophiuroid Ophiocrossota. Journal of Paleontology 44(5):925-927
Belongs to Ophiocrossota according to D. B. Blake and R. C. Allison 1970
Sister taxon: Ophiocrossota oweni
Type specimen: UCMP 10523. Its type locality is Shore Acres State Park, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Coaledo Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shore Acres State Park
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