Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and S. K. Donovan 2015
See also Mao et al. 2018, Webster 1987 and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Rutkowskicrinidae, Scytalocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Apographiocrinidae Pachylocrinidae
Type: Apographiocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (5 collections), China (1), Greece (1), Thailand (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (37: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of China (1), Mongolia (1)
Total: 50 collections including 63 occurrences