Alternative spelling: Cyathocrinitacea
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinida according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Codiacrinacea, Codiacrinoidea, Elicrinus, Gasterocomacea, Gasterocomoidea, Hypocrinacea, Parastephanocrinus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Cyathocrinites
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (11 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (4), India (1), Pakistan (10), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (88: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Argentina (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Germany (3), Mongolia (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (30: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 198 collections including 279 occurrences