Cryptoschisma Etheridge, Jr. and Carpenter 1886 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae

Parent taxon: Phaenoschismatidae according to D. B. Macurda 1983

See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caryoblastus, Decaschisma, Deltoschisma, Dipteroblastus, Hadroblastus, Heteroschisma, Junggaroblastus, Koryschisma, Microblastus, Nymphaeoblastus, Pentremitidea, Phaenoblastus, Phaenoschisma, Pleuroschisma, Polydeltoideus, Sphaeroschisma, Sphagoblastus, Sundablastus, Thaumatoblastus

Subtaxa: Cryptoschisma schultzii

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Colle, Castilla-Leon (Devonian of Spain)

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