Hydroblastus Sumrall et al. 2009 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae

Full reference: C. D. Sumrall, C. E. Brett, T. A. Dexter and A. Bartholomew. 2009. An enigmatic bastozoan Echinoderm fauna from central Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 83(5):739-749

Parent taxon: Schizoblastidae according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acentrotremites, Auloblastus, Deltoblastus, Lophoblastus, Orbiblastus, Pinguiblastus, Schizoblastus, Strongyloblastus

Subtaxa: Hydroblastus hendyi

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Drowning Creek Area (Devonian of Kentucky)

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