Moore and Strimple (1973) reclassified the family Sagenocrinidae to superfamily Sagenocrinitacea
Parent taxon: Sagenocrinida according to Y. Y. Mao et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Cryptanisocrinus, Homalocrinidae, Icthyocrinacea, Icthyocrinoidea, Lecanocrinacea, Lecanocrinoidea, Lecocrinus, Nummicrinus, Pabianocrinus, Paraclidochirus, Paranisocrinus, Proanisocrinus, Sagenocrinitoidea, Tagenocrinus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), United States (3: Nevada)
• Melekhovian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Carboniferous of China (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (19: Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Ohio)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 41 collections including 47 occurrences