Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1963. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. III: Die Ophiuren aus dem Callovienton von Liesberg (Berner Jura). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 56(2):1141-1164
Belongs to Ophiacantha according to H. Hess 1963
Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis
Type specimen: Museum Basel, M 6226. Its type locality is Echinoderms, claytone, Koenigi zone, Liesberg-Dorf, Berner Jura, which is in a Callovian offshore claystone in Switzerland.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, claytone, Koenigi zone, Liesberg-Dorf, Berner Jura
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