Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Parent taxon: Carpocrinacea according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987
See also Ausich et al. 2018, Laudon 1936 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Abatocrinus Alloprosallocrinus Azygocrinus Bactocrininae Batocrinus Dizygocrinus Eretmocrinus Eutrochocrinus Glannearycrinus Gongylocrinus Macrocrinus Magnuscrinus Periechocrininae Simatocrinus Uperocrinus
Type: Batocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (112: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Tennessee)
• Devonian of China (1), New Zealand (1), United States (14: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio)
Total: 130 collections including 310 occurrences