Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Ophiolepis pulchra
Full reference: A. Valette. 1914. Les Ophiures de la Craie des Environs de Sens. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne 68(18):125-150
Belongs to Ophioglypha according to A. Valette 1914
See also Storc and Zitt 2008
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 graysonensis, 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 utahensis, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis, Ophioglypha paronai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Upper Turonian, Armeau, Yonne, France, which is in a Turonian offshore ramp wackestone in the Craie de Sens Formation of France
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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