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
Parent taxon: Ophiuridae according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Jagt 1991
Sister taxa: Huangzhishania, Ophiocrossota, Ophiocten, Ophioleucinae, Ophiura, Ophiurinae, Ophiurites
Subtaxa: Felderophiura vanderhami
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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