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†superfamily Asteroblastida Bather 1900

Asteroblastida

Parent taxon: Blastozoa according to S. L. Sheffield and C. D. Sumrall 2019

See also Beaver et al. 1967

Sister taxa: Blastoidea, Crinoidea, Diploporita, Eocrinoidea, Glyptosphaeritida, Lepidocystoidea, Parablastoidea, Paracrinoidea, Rhombifera, Rhombifera, Soluta, Sphaeronitida

Subtaxa: Asteroblastidae Mesocystidae

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Type: Asteroblastus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pulkovo (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

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