Pentremoblastus Fay and Koenig 1963 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cordyloblastus, Montanablastus, Pentremites, Rhopaloblastus, Strongyloblastus

Subtaxa: Pentremoblastus conicus Pentremoblastus subovalis

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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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