Jaekelocarpus oklahomensis Kolata et al. 1991

Stylophora - Mitrata - Jaekelocarpidae

Full reference: D. R. Kolata, T. J. Frest, and R. H. Mapes. 1991. The youngest carpoid: occurrence, affinities, and life mode of a Pennsylvanian (Morrowan) mitrate from Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 65(5):844-855

Belongs to Jaekelocarpus according to D. R. Kolata et al. 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UWBM 74300. Its type locality is East-west trending gullies on the east side of an unnamed tributary of Sycamore Creek on the Daube Ranch, which is in a Morrowan carbonate limestone in the Golf Course Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East-west trending gullies on the east side of an unnamed tributary of Sycamore Creek on the Daube Ranch

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