Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Alternative spelling: Actinocrinidae
Parent taxon: Periechocrinacea according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987
See also Campbell and Bein 1971, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Wanner 1924 and Webster and Lane 2007
Sister taxa: Amphoracrinidae, Periechocrinidae, Sunwaptacrinidae
Subtaxa: Abactinocrinus Actinocrinitinae Cactocrininae Eumorphocrininae Manillacrinus Physetocrininae Thinocrinus
Type: Actinocrinites
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), Indonesia (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Australia (6), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Ireland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (54: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Tennessee, Utah)
• Devonian of China (2), the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1)
• Silurian of Ukraine (1)
Total: 77 collections including 116 occurrences