†family Gasterocomidae Roemer 1854 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae
Parent taxon: Gasterocomacea according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Johnson and Lane 1969 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Cupressocrinitidae, Petalocrinidae, Sphaerocrinidae
Subtaxa: Bouskacrinus Gasterocoma Kopficrinus Mictocrinus Myrtillocrinus Nanocrinus Schultzicrinus Scoliocrinus
Type: Gasterocoma
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (6: Ontario, Yukon), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)
• Silurian of United States (2: Missouri, Tennessee)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences