†order Pentacystida Jaeckel 1918

Edrioasteroidea - Pentacystida

Parent taxon: Edrioblastoidea according to J. Sprinkle 1982

Sister taxon: Cambroblastus

Subtaxa: Steganoblastidae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections), Canada (1: Ontario), United States (10: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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