Orophocrinus catactus Rowley 1900 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae

Rowley, R. R., 1900a New species of crinoids, blastoids, and cystoids from Missouri: Am. Geologist, v. 25, p. 65-75, Pl. 2

Redefined in A. Breimer and D. B. Macurda 1972

Belongs to Orophocrinus according to R. R. Rowley 1900

Sister taxa: Orophocrinus celticus, Orophocrinus conicus, Orophocrinus gracilis, Orophocrinus orbignyanus, Orophocrinus pentangularis, Orophocrinus praelongus, Orophocrinus saltensis, Orophocrinus stelliformis, Orophocrinus versus, Orophocrinus verus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orophocrinus catactus in the database

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