Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1840. Über die Gattungen der Ophiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 6:327-330
Parent taxon: Ophiolepididae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Jagt 2000, Ljungman 1867, Matsumoto 1915, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc and Zitt 2008 and Wolburg 1939
Sister taxa: Aplocoma, Archaeophiomusium, Enakomusium, Eozonella, Mesophiomusium, Ophiomastinae
Subtaxa: Ophiolepis bertrandi Ophiolepis falsa Ophiolepis gracilis Ophiolepis granulata Ophiolepis linea Ophiolepis shaanxiensis Ophiolepis ulmensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Denmark (1), France (5), Germany (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
• Triassic of China (2), France (1)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
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