Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense Hess 1960 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea

Full reference: H. Hess. 1960. Ophiurenreste aus dem Malm des Schweizer Juras und des Departements Haut-Rhin. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 35(1):385-421

Belongs to Ophiotrigonum according to H. Hess 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M 611. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Renggeri-Ton, Les Rouges Terres, Le Bémont, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Renggeri-Ton Formation of Switzerland.

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

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Renggeri-Ton, Les Rouges Terres, Le Bémont

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