Comarocystites tribrachius Parsley and Mintz 1975

Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Comarocystitidae

Full reference: R. L. Parsley and L. W. Mintz. 1975. North American Paracrinoidea: (Ordovician: Paracrinozoa, new: Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 68:1-115

Belongs to Comarocystites according to R. L. Parsley and L. W. Mintz 1975

Sister taxon: Comarocystites punctatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is 3.5 miles south of High Bridge, which is in a Chatfieldian deep subtidal ramp grainstone/packstone in the Lexington Limestone Formation of Kentucky

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 3.5 miles south of High Bridge

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