†family Orbitremitidae Bather 1899 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Orbitremitidae

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

See also Waters et al. 2020

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

Subtaxa: Doryblastus Ellipticoblastus Globoblastus Houiblastus Monoschizoblastus Orbitremites

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Type: Orbitremites

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri)

• Devonian of China (2), Mongolia (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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