Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Full reference: M. Kutscher and A. Hary. 1991. Echinodermen im Unteren Lias (bucklandi- und semicostatum-zone) zwischen Ellange und Elvange (SE-Luxemburg). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 182(1):37-72
Belongs to Ophiocten according to M Kutscher 1996
See also Kutscher and Hary 1991
Sister taxon: Ophiocten yvonnae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Echinoderms, Sinemurian, Ellange, Elvange, Luxemburg, which is in a Sinemurian offshore shelf claystone/marl in Luxembourg
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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