Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae

Full reference: R. G. McKellar. 1969. Permian pelmatozoan echinoderms from Nerimbera near Rockhampton, Queensland. Queensland Geological Survey Publication 337:19-28

Parent taxon: Codasteridae according to B. Bodenbender and D. Fisher 2001

See also McKellar 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agmoblastus, Angioblastus, Anthoblastus, Codaster, Corrugatoblastus, Indoblastus, Nannoblastus, Notoblastus, Paracodaster, Peterotoblastus, Pterotoblastus, Sagittoblastus, Timoroblastus

Subtaxa: Austroblastus whitehousei

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Type: Austroblastus whitehousei

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nerimbera Quarry, Lakes Creek Siding, Rockhampton (Permian of Australia)

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