†Cambroblastus Smith and Jell 1990
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Edrioasteroidea - Edrioblastoida
Synonym: Cambroblastus Smith and Jell 1990 [objective synonym]
Full reference: A. B. Smith and P. A. Jell. 1990. Cambrian edrioasteroids from Australia and the origin of starfishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28(2):715-778
Parent taxon: Edrioblastoida according to X.-J. Zhu et al. 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002, Smith and Jell 1990 and Zamora 2009
Sister taxon: Pentacystida
Subtaxa: Cambroblastus enubilatus Cambroblastus guolensis
Type: Cambroblastus enubilatus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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