Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Parent taxon: Granatocrinidae according to J. E. Bauer et al. 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Carpenteroblastus, Cribroblastus, Decemoblastus, Dentiblastus, Granatocrinus, Heteroblastus, Mesoblastus, Monadoblastus, Poroblastus, Ptychoblastus
Subtaxa: Cryptoblastus granulosus Cryptoblastus melo Cryptoblastus pisum Cryptoblastus rowleyi Cryptoblastus shumardi
Type: Cryptoblastus rowleyi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Osagean of United States (4: Indiana, Iowa, Missouri collections)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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