†superfamily Texacrinoidea Strimple 1961 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Parent taxon: Poteriocrinida according to R. Villanueva-Olea and F. Sour-Tovar 2015

Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Rutkowskicrinidae, Scytalocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (5 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), Oman (5), United States (3: Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (31: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Oklahoma)

Total: 46 collections including 63 occurrences

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