†Lophoblastus Rowley 1901 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae
Parent taxon: Schizoblastidae according to J.A. Waters and A.S. Horowitz 1993
See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acentrotremites, Auloblastus, Deltoblastus, Hydroblastus, Orbiblastus, Pinguiblastus, Schizoblastus
Subtaxa: Lophoblastus neglectus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Indiana, Iowa collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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