Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, 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 Australia (5 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (9), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (6: Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Utah)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (53: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
Total: 91 collections including 145 occurrences