†Huangzhishania gulinensis Feng 1985 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Ophiolepis gulinensis
Full reference: R.-L. Feng. 1985. New discovery of fossil ophiuroids from Guizhou and southern Sichuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 24(3):337-343
Belongs to Huangzhishania according to Z. Q. Chen et al. 2004
See also Feng 1985
Sister taxa: Huangzhishania permotriassica, Huangzhishania schistovertebrata
Type specimen: F5-953Ao
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ophiuroids, Middle Triassic, Gulin, Sichuan (Triassic of China)
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