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Orophocrinidae

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae

Taxonomy
Orophocrinidae was named by Jaekel (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Orophocrinus.

It was assigned to Fissiculata by Beaver et al. (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Orophocrinidae Jaekel
1967Orophocrinidae Beaver et al. p. S409

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyOrophocrinidaeJaekel 1918
familyOrophocrinidaeJaekel 1918

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.

Fm. †Orophocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Katoblastus Macurda, Jr. 1967
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Katoblastus konincki Macurda, Jr. 1967
Katoblastus puzos Von Munster 1843
G. †Orophocrinus von Seebach 1865
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Orophocrinus catactus Rowley 1900
Orophocrinus celticus Macurda Jr. 1965
Orophocrinus conicus Wachsmuth and Springer 1888
Orophocrinus gracilis Meek and Worthern 1870
Orophocrinus orbignyanus de Koninck 1842
Orophocrinus praelongus Bailey 1886
Orophocrinus saltensis Macurda Jr. 1965
Orophocrinus stelliformis Owen and Shumard 1850
Orophocrinus versus Cumberland 1826
Orophocrinus verus Breimer and Macurda, Jr. 1972
G. †Pentablastus Sieverts-Doreck 1951
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Pentablastus supracarbonicus Breimer and Macurda 1972
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 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Osagean or 372.20000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) Orophocrinus devonicus (3564 123199)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Missouri) Orophocrinus stelliformis (230521)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Illinois) Orophocrinus stelliformis (230522)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium Katoblastus puzos, Katoblastus konincki, Orophocrinus orbignyanus (7370)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Orophocrinus praelongus (76515)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Iowa) Orophocrinus stelliformis (230511)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Missouri) Orophocrinus stelliformis (230520)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Orophocrinus sp. (64758)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Orophocrinus celticus, Orophocrinus praelongus, Orophocrinus verus (76517)