Superfamily Ophiodermatoidea Ljungman 1867 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida

Alternative spelling: Ophiodermatidea

Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336

Parent taxon: Ophiodermatina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

See also O'Hara et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ophiocomoidea, Shoshonura

Subtaxa: Ophiodermatidae Ophiomyxidae Ophiopezidae

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Type: Ophioderma

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

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (1 collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Czechia (7), Denmark (1), France (6), Germany (3), the Netherlands (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of France (6), Germany (8), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (8)

• Triassic of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Poland (1), Serbia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Permian of China (1)

Total: 64 collections including 82 occurrences

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