Ovocarpus Ubaghs 1994

Stylophora - Mitrata

Full reference: G. Ubaghs. 1994. Echinodermes nouveaux (Stylophora, Eocrinoidea) de l’Ordovicien inférieur de la Montagne Noire (France). Annales de Paléontologie 80:107-141

Parent taxon: Mitrocystitida according to B. Lefebvre and J. C. Gutierrez-Marco 2003

See also Lefebvre 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs 1994

Sister taxa: Aspidocarpus, Ateleocystites, Barrandeocarpus, Chinianocarpos, Eumitrocystella, Mitrocystella, Mitrocystites, Mitrocystitidae, Paranacystidae, Promitrocystites

Subtaxa: Ovocarpus moncereti

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Type: Ovocarpus moncereti

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arroyo del Acebrón, 20 km SSE of Ventas con Pena Aguilera (Ordovician of Spain)

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