†family Caryocrinitidae Bassler 1938
Rhombifera - Hemicosmitoida - Caryocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Hemicosmitoida according to C. R. C. Paul et al. 2019
See also Beaver et al. 1967
Sister taxa: Hemicosmitidae, Heterocystitidae
Subtaxa: Caryocrinites Juglandocrinus Paracaryocrinites Polycosmites Ptychocosmites Stribalocystites
Ecology: stationary 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 Algeria (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 71 collections including 93 occurrences