Crinoidea - Cladida - Catacrinidae
Parent taxon: Erisocrinoidea according to G. D. Webster and S. K. Donovan 2015
See also Pabian and Rushlau 2002, Pabian and Strimple 1974, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Arkacrinidae, Erisocrinidae, Graphiocrinidae, Paradelocrinidae, Protencrinidae
Subtaxa: Arrectocrinus Endelocrinus Graffhamicrinus Palmerocrinus Paraplasocrinus Pyndaxocrinus Subarrectocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Melekhovian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia), Greece (1), Indonesia (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (4: Kansas, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Utah)
• Carboniferous of United States (41: Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
Total: 55 collections including 66 occurrences