Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
Alternative combination: Ophiomusium scabrum
Full reference: H. Hess. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II. Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Bericht der schweitzerischen palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 55(2):609-656
Belongs to Mesophiomusium according to M Kutscher and L Villier 2003
See also Hess 1962, Hess 1964, Hess 1975 and Kutscher 1996
Sister taxa: Mesophiomusium decipiens, Mesophiomusium geisingense, Mesophiomusium moenense, Mesophiomusium paragraysonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuridea, Schicht B, Pliensbachian, Seewen, Solothurn, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian offshore claystone in Switzerland
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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