†Palaeophiura simplex Stürtz 1890 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1890. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntniss paläozoischer Seesterne. Palaeontographica 36:203-247
Belongs to Palaeophiura according to W. K. Spencer 1940
See also Gregory 1897, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Stürtz 1899
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)
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