Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, 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 Australia (2 collections), China (1), Indonesia (2), Tunisia (5), United States (4: Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Alberta, Nunavut), China (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (37: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 60 collections including 108 occurrences