Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Synonym: Cyathocrinus Miller 1821 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinidae according to T. W. Kammer and E. W. Roeser 2012
See also Ausich and Copper 2010, Campbell and Bein 1971, Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Waagen and Pichl 1885, Webster and Lane 1987 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Anarchocrinus, Ceratocrinus, Conicocyathocrinites, Gissocrinus, Levicyathocrinites, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus, Rugosocyathocrinites
Subtaxa: Cyathocrinites asperrimus Cyathocrinites barrisi Cyathocrinites barydactylus Cyathocrinites chouteauensis Cyathocrinites deroseari Cyathocrinites farleyi Cyathocrinites gilesi Cyathocrinites harrodi Cyathocrinites iowensis Cyathocrinites kelloggi Cyathocrinites lamellosus Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus Cyathocrinites planus Cyathocrinites ramosus Cyathocrinites rigidus Cyathocrinites sampsoni Cyathocrinites simplex Cyathocrinus goliathus Cyathocrinus indicus Cyathocrinus kattaensis Cyathocrinus lamellosus Cyathocrinus virgalensis
Type: Cyathocrinites planus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (4), Pakistan (10), Serbia (1), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (88: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Czechia (1)
• Silurian of Czechia (1), Sweden (3), United States (8: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin)
Total: 139 collections including 189 occurrences
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