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 Sinosura according to H. Hess 1975

See also Hess 1965

Sister taxa: Sinosura brodiei, Sinosura extensa, Sinosura fasciata, Sinosura jasmundensis, Sinosura portei, Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura wolburgi

Type specimen: Museum Basel, M 6833. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Renggeri-Ton, Longecombe, Ain, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Renggeri-Ton Formation of France.

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

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Renggeri-Ton, Longecombe, Ain

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