Palaeocoma raiblana Toula 1887 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae

Alternative combination: Aspidura raiblana

Full reference: F. Toula. 1887. Über Aspidura raiblana nov. spec. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 96:361-369

Belongs to Palaeocoma according to H. Hess 1965

See also Bachmayer and Kollmann 1968, Boehm 1889, Kutscher 1940 and Toula 1887

Sister taxa: Palaeocoma escheri, Palaeocoma milleri

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Stojanovic, Budva (Triassic of Montenegro)

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