Alternative spelling: Zeacrinitacea
Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster 1987
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, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Exocrinidae Scotiacrinidae Timorechinidae Zeacrinitidae
Type: Zeacrinites
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (10 collections), Indonesia (8), United States (4: Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), Iran (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (33: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 66 collections including 105 occurrences