Felderophiura vanderhami Jagt 1991 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 1991. A new ophiuroid from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous, SE Netherlands, NE Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 61:197-209

Belongs to Felderophiura according to J. W. M. Jagt and C. Neumann 2010

See also Jagt 1991, Jagt 1998 and Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype IRScNB IST 10507, paratypes IRScNB IST 10508-10510

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

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (3 collections)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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