†order Granatocrinida Bather 1900 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida

Parent taxon: Blastoidea according to N. G. Lane et al. 2001

See also Waters and Horowitz 1993

Sister taxa: Coronoidea, Dissimiloblastus, Eublastoidea, Fissiculata, Freisoblastus, Lotusoblastus, Lysocystites, Macurdablastus, Spiraculata, Zygocrinus

Subtaxa: Granatocrinidae Iranoblastus Schizoblastidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Iran (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (45: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee)

• Devonian of China (1), United States (2: Kentucky, Missouri)

Total: 56 collections including 75 occurrences

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