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Dentiblastus

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae

Discussion

Type species- pentremites siris White 1865

Taxonomy
Dentiblastus was named by Macurda (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,520]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Granatocrinidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dentiblastus Macurda, Jr p. 370
1967Dentiblastus Beaver et al. p. S422
2002Dentiblastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderGranatocrinidaBather 1900
familyGranatocrinidaeFay 1961
genusDentiblastus

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. †Dentiblastus Macurda, Jr 1964
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Dentiblastus macurdai Ausich and Meyer 1988
Dentiblastus sirius Macurda, Jr 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available