Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
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 Ophiacantha according to M Kutscher and L Villier 2003
See also Hess 1962, Kutscher 1996 and Kutscher and Hary 1991
Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha francojurassica, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Luxembourg (1), 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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