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Deltoblastus

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Schizoblastidae

Taxonomy
Deltoblastus was named by Fay (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,904]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Schizoblastidae by Waters and Horowitz (1993), Webster and Sevastopulo (2007), Bauer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Deltoblastus Fay p. 36
1993Deltoblastus Waters and Horowitz p. 210
2002Deltoblastus Sepkoski
2007Deltoblastus Webster and Sevastopulo p. 403
2017Deltoblastus Bauer et al. p. 853

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderGranatocrinidaBather 1900
familySchizoblastidaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusDeltoblastusFay 1961

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. †Deltoblastus Fay 1961
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Deltoblastus batheri Wanner 1924
Deltoblastus permicus Wanner 1924
Deltoblastus pseudodelta Wanner 1924
Deltoblastus sevastopuloi Webster et al. 2025
Invalid names: Schizoblastus molengraaffi sebotensis Wanner 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available