Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae
Parent taxon: Codasteridae according to B. Bodenbender and D. Fisher 2001
See also Fay 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agmoblastus, Angioblastus, Anthoblastus, Austroblastus, Corrugatoblastus, Indoblastus, Nannoblastus, Notoblastus, Paracodaster, Peterotoblastus, Pterotoblastus, Sagittoblastus, Timoroblastus
Subtaxa: Codaster acutus Codaster americanus Codaster pyramidatus Codaster robustus Codaster whitei
Type: Codaster acutus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Kentucky)
• Devonian of United States (2: Indiana, New York)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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