Rhopalocystis zagoraensis Chauvel 1971

Eocrinoidea - Ascocystitida - Rhopalocystidae

Synonym: Rhopalocystis lehmani Chauvel 1978

Full reference: J. Chauvel. 1971. Rhopalocystis Ubaghs: un échinoderme éocrinoïde du Trémadocien de l’Anti-Atlas marocain. Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières 73:43-49

Belongs to Rhopalocystis according to N. Allaire et al. 2017

See also Chauvel 1971

Sister taxa: Rhopalocystis destombesi, Rhopalocystis fraga, Rhopalocystis grandis, Rhopalocystis havliceki, Rhopalocystis mesonesensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Destombes Loc. 0809 (Ordovician of Morocco)

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