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Lophoblastus

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae

Taxonomy
Lophoblastus was named by Rowley (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u Sepkoski's reference number: 520]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Schizoblastidae by Beaver et al. (1967), Waters and Horowitz (1993); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Lophoblastus Rowley p. 344
1967Lophoblastus Beaver et al. p. S431
1993Lophoblastus Waters and Horowitz p. 210
2002Lophoblastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderGranatocrinidaBather 1900
familySchizoblastidaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusLophoblastusRowley 1901

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. †Lophoblastus Rowley 1901
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Lophoblastus neglectus Meek and Worthen 1869
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: Osagean or 351.90000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Iowa) Schizoblastus neglectus (230511)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) L. inopinatus (6676)