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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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