Cryptoblastus Etherridge, Jr. and Carpender 1886 (blastoid)

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

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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

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