Monadoblastus Fay 1961 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carpenteroblastus, Cribroblastus, Cryptoblastus, Decemoblastus, Dentiblastus, Granatocrinus, Heteroblastus, Mesoblastus, Poroblastus, Ptychoblastus

Subtaxa: Monadoblastus granulosus

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Type: Monadoblastus granulosus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Apache Hill, Sierra (Carboniferous of New Mexico)

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