†family Troosticrinidae Bather 1899 (blastoid)

Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae

Parent taxon: Troosticrinida according to G. D. Webster et al. 2009

See also Beaver et al. 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Diploblastus Metablastus Schizotremites Tricoelocrinus Troosticrinus

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Type: Troosticrinus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), China (2), United States (38: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana)

• Devonian of Spain (1)

• Silurian of United States (4: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee)

Total: 46 collections including 48 occurrences

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