Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiopyrgidae
Alternative combination: Ophiura hagenowi
Invalid subtaxa: Ophiura (Aspidura) granulosa von Hagenow 1840 [replaced name], Ophiura tener Müller 1950
Full reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1950. Cretaceous Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea with a special reference to the species found in Denmark. Denmarks Geologiske Undersogelse 2:1-134
Belongs to Stegophiura according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Boehm 1889, Helm et al. 1999, Jagt and Kutscher 1998, Kutscher 1998, Kutscher and Jagt 2000, Maryanska and Popiel-Barczyk 1969, Müller 1950, Rasmussen 1951, Rasmussen 1972 and von Hagenow 1840
Sister taxa: Stegophiura eocaenus, Stegophiura nekvasilovae, Stegophiura trispinosa
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Poland (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Denmark (1), France (8), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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