Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Alternative spelling: Pentremites (Granatocrinus)
Synonym: Granatocrinites Troost 1849
Parent taxon: Granatocrinidae according to H. H. Beaver et al. 1967
See also Fay 1961, Meek and Worthen 1865 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Carpenteroblastus, Cribroblastus, Cryptoblastus, Decemoblastus, Dentiblastus, Heteroblastus, Mesoblastus, Monadoblastus, Poroblastus, Ptychoblastus
Subtaxa: Granatocrinus cornutus Granatocrinus glaaber Granatocrinus granulatus Granatocrinus lotoblastus Granatocrinus pisum
Type: Pentatrematites granulatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (10: Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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