Ophiuroidea - Ophioscolecida - Ophioscolecidae
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 Ophioscolex according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000
See also Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Sister taxon: Ophioscolex cretaceus
Type specimen: Holotype FGWG 112/3, paratypes RGM 428 027, MHMM JJ 5402b
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.