†family Melocrinidae Wachsmuth and Springer (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Camerata - Melocrinidae
Parent taxon: Camerata according to W. Goldring 1936
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Becharocrinus, Coronocrinus, Craspedocrinus, Eknomocrinus, Eucamerata, Helicocrinus, Hexacrinidae, Katarocrinus, Laubeocrinus, Mitrocrinus, Phillipsocrinus, Reteocrinidae, Rhodocrinidae, Tetramerocrinites, Trochocrinites
Subtaxa: none
Type: Melocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melocrinidae in the database