Ophiacantha constricta Hess 1966 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1966. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. V. Die Ophiuren aus dem Argovien (unteres Ober-Oxford) von Guldenthal (Kt. Solothurn) und von Savigna (Dépt. Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 59(2):1025-1063

Belongs to Ophiacantha according to H. Hess 1966

Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis

Type specimen: Museum of Basel, Hess collection, B91

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Switzerland (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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