Calycoblastus Wanner 1924 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Hyperoblastidae

Parent taxon: Hyperoblastidae according to B. Bodenbender and D. Fisher 2001

See also Beaver et al. 1967 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Devonoblastus, Eleutherocrinus, Hyperoblastus, Petaloblastus

Subtaxa: Calycoblastus tricavatus Calycoblastus tricavatus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gowings Mountain, Manning-Macleay Basin (Permian of Australia)

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