Alternative spelling: Cyathocrinitacea
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinina according to T. W. Kammer and E. W. Roeser 2012
Sister taxa: Codiacrinacea, Codiacrinoidea, 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), Serbia (1), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (90: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Argentina (1), China (2), Czechia (3), France (1), Germany (2), Mongolia (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec), Czechia (1), Estonia (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (29: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 200 collections including 285 occurrences