Pentremoblastus Fay and Koenig 1963 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Pentremitidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambolostoma, Belocrinus, Cordyloblastus, Pentremites, Rhopaloblastus

Subtaxa: Pentremoblastus conicus

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Seehorn Hollow micromorph crinoids (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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