Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and S. K. Donovan 2015
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Rutkowskicrinidae, Scytalocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), United States (3: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (38: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 48 collections including 67 occurrences