†Ophiothela semirotunda Kutscher and Jagt 2000 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiotrichidae
Full reference: M. Kutscher and J.W.M. Jagt. 2000. Early Maastrichitian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). In Jagt J.M.W., Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:45-107
Belongs to Ophiothela according to M. Kutscher and J.W.M. Jagt 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype FGWG 112/22, paratype RGM 428 021
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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