Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Alternative combination: Acroura brodiei
Synonyms: Ophiopinna helvetica Hess 1962, Ophiura longivertebralis Wolburg 1939
Full reference: T. Wright. 1866. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2, Part 2, on the Ophiuroidea. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1866:131-154
Belongs to Sinosura according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008
See also Hess 1962, Hess 1964, Hess 1991, Kutscher 1996, Kutscher and Villier 2003, Wolburg 1939 and Wright 1866
Sister taxa: Sinosura extensa, Sinosura fasciata, Sinosura jasmundensis, Sinosura portei, Sinosura reicheli, Sinosura schneideri, Sinosura wolburgi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (5), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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