Katoblastus Macurda, Jr. 1967 (blastoid)

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

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tournai (Carboniferous of Belgium)

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