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Orophocrinus catactus

Blastoidea - Orophocrinidae

Discussion

Rowley, R. R., 1900a New species of crinoids, blastoids, and cystoids from Missouri: Am. Geologist, v. 25, p. 65-75, Pl. 2

Redefined in A. Breimer and D. B. Macurda 1972

Taxonomy
Orophocrinus catactus was named by Rowley (1900). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Orophocrinus catactus Rowley p. 68 figs. Pl. 2, fig. 20.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classBlastoideaSay 1825
subclassEublastoideaBather 1899
superorderFissiculata(Jaekel 1918)
familyOrophocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusOrophocrinusvon Seebach 1865
speciescatactusRowley 1900

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Orophocrinus catactus Rowley 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 13:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available