Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
Full reference: R. O. Fay. 1962. New Mississippian blastoids from the Lake Valley Formation (Nunn Member), Lake Valley, New Mexico. Oklahoma Geology Notes 22(6):189-195
Parent taxon: Phaenoschismatidae according to R. O. Fay and J. Wanner 1967
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caryoblastus, Cryptoschisma, Decaschisma, Deltoschisma, Dipteroblastus, Heteroschisma, Junggaroblastus, Koryschisma, Microblastus, Nymphaeoblastus, Pentremitidea, Phaenoblastus, Phaenoschisma, Pleuroschisma, Polydeltoideus, Sphaeroschisma, Sphagoblastus, Sundablastus, Thaumatoblastus
Subtaxa: Hadroblastus benniei Hadroblastus blain Hadroblastus breimeri Hadroblastus convexus Hadroblastus hibernicus Hadroblastus kerztuckyensis Hadroblastus whitei
Type: Hadroblastus convexus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), United States (10: Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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