Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Fay R. O. 1961b. Blastoid studies. The University of Kansas Paleontology Contributions No. 27, Echinodermata Article 3, 147 p.
Full reference: R. O. Fay. 1961. Echinodermata. Article 3. Blastoid Studies. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 3:1-147
Parent taxon: Troosticrinidae according to J. E. Bauer et al. 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Metablastus, Schizotremites, Tricoelocrinus, Troosticrinus
Subtaxa: Diploblastus diploblastus Diploblastus glaber
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (31: Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana collections)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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