Full reference: T. W. Broadhead. 1984. Macurdablastus, a Middle Ordovician Blastoid from the Southern Appalachians. The University of Kansas, Paleontological Contibutions (110)1-9
Parent taxon: Blastoidea according to J.E. Bauer et al. 2019
See also Broadhead 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coronoidea, Dissimiloblastus, Eublastoidea, Fissiculata, Freisoblastus, Granatocrinida, Lotusoblastus, Lysocystites, Spiraculata, Zygocrinus
Subtaxa: Macurdablastus uniplicatus
Type: Macurdablastus uniplicatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Kentucky, Tennessee collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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