†Ophiopetra oertlii Hess 1965 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1965. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. IV. Die Ophiuren aus dem Renggeri-Ton (Unter-Oxford) von Chapois (Jura) und Longecombe (Ain). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 58(2):1059-1082
Belongs to Ophiopetra according to M Kutscher and L Villier 2003
See also Hess 1965, Hess 1975, Hess 1975 and Kutscher 1996
Sister taxa: Ophiopetra bathonica, Ophiopetra lithographica
Type specimen: Museum Basel, M 6846
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (5 collections), Germany (4), Switzerland (4)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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