†family Schizoblastidae Etheridge, Jr. and Carpenter 1886 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae

Parent taxon: Granatocrinida according to J. A. Waters et al. 2011

See also Beaver et al. 1967, Waters and Horowitz 1993 and Webster and Sevastopulo 2007

Sister taxa: Granatocrinidae, Iranoblastus

Subtaxa: Acentrotremites Auloblastus Deltoblastus Hydroblastus Lophoblastus Orbiblastus Pinguiblastus Schizoblastus

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Type: Schizoblastus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (6: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri)

• Devonian of United States (1: Kentucky)

Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences

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