Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiomyxidae
Full reference: M. Kutscher and J.W.M. Jagt. 2000. Early Maastrichitian ophiuroids from Rügen (northeast Germany) and Mon (Denmark). In Jagt J.M.W., Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:45-107
Belongs to Ophiomyxa according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Sister taxa: Ophiomyxa curvata, Ophiomyxa jekerica
Type specimen: Holotype FGWG 112/1, Partypes RGM 428 011, NHMM JJ 5402a
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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