Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Ophioglypha graysonensis
Full reference: C. I. Alexander. 1931. A new Lower Cretaceous ophiuroid. Journal of Paleontology 5(2):152-153
Belongs to Ophiura according to D. L. Clark 1959
See also Alexander 1931, Berry 1941 and Corgan 1962
Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, Ophiura astonensis, Ophiura bartonensis, Ophiura bognoriensis, Ophiura carpelloides, Ophiura costata, Ophiura cretacea, Ophiura cunliffei, Ophiura davisi, Ophiura furiae, Ophiura hendleri, Ophiura kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura tinurtiensis, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis
Type specimen: Texas Christian University 1067
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Everman (Cretaceous of Texas)
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