Ophiacantha francojurassica Hess 1975 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1975. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. VII. Die Ophiuren aus den Humeralis-Schichten (Ober-Oxford) von Raedersdorf (Haut-Rhin). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 68(3):603-612

Belongs to Ophiacantha according to H Hess 1975

Sister taxa: Ophiacantha biformis, Ophiacantha binitorulosa, Ophiacantha constricta, Ophiacantha danica, Ophiacantha dorecki, Ophiacantha liesbergensis, Ophiacantha punctata, Ophiacantha rugosa, Ophiacantha striata, Ophiacantha subtilirugosa, Ophiacantha suprajurassica, Ophiacantha toarcensis

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M 9123. Its type locality is Humeralis-Schichten, Upper Oxfordian, Raederdorf, Haut-Rhin, which is in an Oxfordian offshore marl in the Humeralis Schichten Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Humeralis-Schichten, Upper Oxfordian, Raederdorf, Haut-Rhin

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