Rhombifera - Hemicosmitoida - Caryocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Caryocrinitidae according to G. Regnéll 1945
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Juglandocrinus, Paracaryocrinites, Polycosmites, Ptychocosmites, Stribalocystites
Subtaxa: Caryocrinites cryptoporus Caryocrinites ornatus Caryocrinites rugatus Caryocrinites septentrionalis
Type: Caryocrinites ornatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Niagaran of United States (2: Indiana, Ohio collections)
• Silurian of Canada (8: Ontario, Québec), United States (47: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Portugal (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 69 collections including 86 occurrences
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