†Orbiblastus Macurda 1965 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae
Full reference: D. B. Macurda. 1965. Orbiblastus, a new Mississippian blastoid genus from Arkansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 50:299-307
Parent taxon: Schizoblastidae according to H. H. Beaver et al. 1967
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acentrotremites, Auloblastus, Deltoblastus, Hydroblastus, Lophoblastus, Pinguiblastus, Schizoblastus, Strongyloblastus
Subtaxa: Orbiblastus hoskyni
Type: Orbiblastus hoskynae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at west of Shawnee Cave, Bruno. 6.5 miles due south of Yellville (Carboniferous of Arkansas)
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