Ophiolepis falsa Jagt 2000 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

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 Ophiolepis according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: Ophiolepis bertrandi, Ophiolepis gracilis, Ophiolepis granulata, Ophiolepis linea, Ophiolepis shaanxiensis, Ophiolepis ulmensis

Type specimen: Holotype NHMM JJ 7551, paratypes NHMM JJ 4989a/b and NHMM MB 761-9a/d

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Zeven Wegen, Gulpen, Haccourt (Cretaceous of Belgium)

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