Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae
Full reference: G. D. Webster, W. I. Ausich, J. A. Waters and A. P. Heward. 2025. New Permian echinoderms from northeastern Oman have connections with Tethyan echinoderm faunas from West Timor, Western Australia, and Russia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 131:631-676
Belongs to Deltoblastus according to G. D. Webster et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Deltoblastus batheri, Deltoblastus molengraaffi, Deltoblastus permicus, Deltoblastus pseudodelta
Type specimen: ONHM F-1457. Its type locality is WKJ-1 or 2, Wadi Khawr Al Jaramah, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in Oman.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at WKJ-1 or 2, Wadi Khawr Al Jaramah
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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