Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae

Full reference: D. B. Macurda Jr. 1965. The functional morphology and stratigraphic distribution of the Mississippian blastoid genus Orophocrinus. Journal of Paleontology 39(6):1045-1096

Belongs to Orophocrinus according to D. B. Macurda 1965

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

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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