Hadroblastus breimeri Ausich and Meyer 1988 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae

Full reference: W. I. Ausich and D. L. Meyer. 1988. Blastoids from the late Osagean Fort Payne Formation (Kentucky and Tennessee). Journal of Paleontology 62(2):269-283

Belongs to Hadroblastus according to W. I. Ausich and D. L. Meyer 1988

Sister taxa: Hadroblastus benniei, Hadroblastus blain, Hadroblastus convexus, Hadroblastus hibernicus, Hadroblastus kerztuckyensis, Hadroblastus whitei

Type specimen: USNM 416284

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Owen’s Branch Buildup, eastern side of the Indian Creek, Lake Cumberland (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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