Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Type Species- Encrina godonii DeFrance, 1819
Alternative spelling: Pentatrematites
Parent taxon: Pentremitidae according to J. E. Bauer et al. 2017
See also Fay 1961, Macurda 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Waters and Horowitz 1993
Sister taxa: Cordyloblastus, Montanablastus, Pentremoblastus, Rhopaloblastus, Strongyloblastus
Subtaxa: Pentremites aridus Pentremites conoideus Pentremites cristalensis Pentremites elongatus Pentremites godoni Pentremites kirki Pentremites pentremites Pentremites pulchellus Pentremites rusticus Pentremites stelliformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), United States (125: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 130 collections including 236 occurrences
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