Alternative spelling: Belemnocrinacea
Parent taxon: Disparida according to G. D. Webster et al. 2025
See also Mao et al. 2018, Webster 1987, Webster et al. 2009 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Belemnocrinidae Holynocrinidae Perissocrinidae Pygmaeocrinidae Synbathocrinidae Zophocrinidae
Type: Belemnocrinidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (8 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Greece (1), Oman (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), China (2), Iran (2), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (58: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Czechia (8), France (1), Germany (1), Morocco (1), United States (7: New York, Tennessee)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Czechia (1), United States (13: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
Total: 115 collections including 141 occurrences