Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Type Species- Encrina godonii DeFrance, 1819
Alternative spelling: Pentatrematites
Parent taxon: Pentremitidae according to D. B. Macurda and J. Sprinkle 2026
See also Bauer et al. 2017, Fay 1961, Macurda 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Waters and Horowitz 1993
Sister taxa: Cordyloblastus, Montanablastus, Pentremoblastus, Rhopaloblastus
Subtaxa: Pentremites aridus Pentremites clavatus Pentremites conoideus Pentremites cristalensis Pentremites elongatus Pentremites godoni Pentremites jasperensis Pentremites kirki Pentremites melo Pentremites pentremites Pentremites pulchellus Pentremites rusticus Pentremites stelliformis
Type: Encrina godonii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (6: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), United States (126: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 132 collections including 238 occurrences
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