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Houiblastus

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Orbitremitidae

Taxonomy
Houiblastus was named by Lane (1997) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1247]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Orbitremitidae by Lane et al. (1997); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Houiblastus Lane
1997Houiblastus Lane et al.
2002Houiblastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderPentremitidaMatsumoto 1929
familyOrbitremitidaeBather 1899
genusHouiblastusLane 1997

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Houiblastus Lane 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:52:18
Modified: 2010-02-09 11:56:54
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Mongolia (Hovd) H. devonicus (222971)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Xinjiang) H. devonicus (3561 124085)