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Ophiodermatidae

Ophiodermatidae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Ophiurina
Infraorder: Ophiodermatina
Family: Ophiodermatidae
Genera

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Ophiodermatidae are a family of brittle stars in the suborder Ophiurina.

Some fossils date as far back as the Changhsingian age, late in the Permian period. The family includes the following living genera:



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