Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae
First described by Owen and Shumard 1850 who called it Pentremites stelliformis
Full reference: D.D. Owen and B.F. Shumard. 1850. Descriptions of fifteen new species of Crinoidea from the Subcarboniferous limestone of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota in the years 1848-1849. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2 2:57-70
Belongs to Orophocrinus according to D. B. Macurda 1983
Sister taxa: Orophocrinus catactus, Orophocrinus celticus, Orophocrinus conicus, Orophocrinus gracilis, Orophocrinus orbignyanus, Orophocrinus pentangularis, Orophocrinus praelongus, Orophocrinus saltensis, Orophocrinus versus, Orophocrinus verus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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