†family Nucleocrinidae Bather 1899 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Nucleocrinidae

Parent taxon: Spiraculata according to H. H. Beaver et al. 1967

Sister taxa: Arcuoblastus, Conuloblastus, Costatoblastus, Deliablastus, Diploblastidae, Euryoblastus, Gongyloblastus, Iranoblastus, Kadiskoblastus, Malchiblastus, Monoblastus, Monoschizablastus, Montanablastus, Orbitremitidae, Pentremitidae, Perittoblastus, Pyramiblastus, Sinopetaloblastus, Tanablastus, Tanaoblastus, Uyguroblastus, Xinjiangoblastus, Xyeleblastus

Subtaxa: Elaeacrinus Nucleocrinus Placoblastus

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Type: Nucleocrinus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (19: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio collections)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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