Family Ophiobyrsidae Matsumoto 1915
Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiobyrsidae
Alternative spelling: Ophiobyrsinae
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1915. A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:43-92
Parent taxon: Ophiacanthina according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc 2004 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Clarkcomidae, Ophiacanthidae, Ophiocamacidae, Ophiodermatina, Ophiopteridae, Ophiotomidae
Subtaxa: Ophiosmilax
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections), the Czech Republic (5), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Tunisia (1)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences