Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Fay, 1961b
Parent taxon: Phaenoschismatidae according to R. O. Fay and J. Wanner 1967
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caryoblastus, Cryptoschisma, Deltoschisma, Dipteroblastus, Hadroblastus, Heteroschisma, Junggaroblastus, Koryschisma, Microblastus, Nymphaeoblastus, Pentremitidea, Phaenoblastus, Phaenoschisma, Pleuroschisma, Polydeltoideus, Sphaeroschisma, Sphagoblastus, Sundablastus, Thaumatoblastus
Subtaxa: Decaschisma lorae Decaschisma pulchellus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Tennessee collections)
• Silurian of United States (10: Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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