Ophiocten yvonnae Jagt 2000 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179

Belongs to Ophiocten according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000

Sister taxon: Ophiocten seeweni

Type specimen: Holotype NHMM K 2278a, Paratypes NHMM K 979, K 2278b, YC 1313

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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