†Katoblastus Macurda, Jr. 1967 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae
D. B. Macurda, Jr. 1967a
Full reference: D. B. Macurda, Jr. 1967. The Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian) Blastoids of Belgium. Journal of Paleontology 41(2)
Parent taxon: Orophocrinidae according to D. B. Macurda 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Orophocrinus, Pentablastus, Pentephyllum
Subtaxa: Katoblastus konincki Katoblastus puzos
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tournai (Carboniferous of Belgium)
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