Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
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 Ophiacantha according to R. Storc and J. Zitt 2008
See also Jagt 2000 and Kutscher and Jagt 2000
Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis
Type specimen: Holotype FGWG 112/12, paratypes RGM 428 022
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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