Metablastus Etheridge, Jr. and Carpenter 1886 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae

Parent taxon: Troosticrinidae according to H. H. Beaver et al. 1967

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Diploblastus, Schizotremites, Tricoelocrinus, Troosticrinus

Subtaxa: Metablastus bipyrimidalis Metablastus wachsmuthi Metablastus wortheni

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Osagean of United States (2: Kentucky collections)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (5: Kentucky, Missouri)

• Devonian of Spain (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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