Family Ophiopyrgidae Perrier 1893 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
Parent taxon: Ophiurina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Astrophiuridae, Hemieuryalina, Ophiuridae
Subtaxa: Amphiophiura Aspidophiura Stegophiura
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Poland (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Czechia (1), Denmark (1), France (9), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences