†family Granatocrinidae Fay 1961 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae

Parent taxon: Granatocrinida according to J.A. Waters and A.S. Horowitz 1993

See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Lane et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Iranoblastus, Schizoblastidae

Subtaxa: Arcuoblastus Carpenteroblastus Cribroblastus Cryptoblastus Decemoblastus Deliablastus Dentiblastus Euryoblastus Gongyloblastus Granatocrinus Heteroblastus Mesoblastus Monadoblastus Perittoblastus Poroblastus Ptychoblastus Pyramiblastus Tanaoblastus Xyeleblastus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (1), United States (40: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee)

• Devonian of China (1), United States (1: Missouri)

Total: 45 collections including 60 occurrences

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