†Decaschisma lorae Dunbar 1920 (blastoid)
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Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Alternative combinations: Codaster lorae, Leptoschisma lorae
Full reference: C.O. Dunbar. 1920. New species of Devonian fossils from western Tennessee. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 28(2):109-158
Belongs to Decaschisma according to C. R. Clement and C. E. Brett 2015
See also Dunbar 1920 and Macurda 1983
Sister taxon: Decaschisma pulchellus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Tennessee collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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