†order Granatocrinida Bather 1900 (blastoid)
Parent taxon: Blastoidea according to N. G. Lane et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Coronoidea, Eublastoidea, Fissiculata, Lysocystites, Macurdablastus, Pentremitida, Troosticrinida, Zygocrinus
Subtaxa: Granatocrinidae Schizoblastidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (2 collections), Oman (1)
• Chesterian of United States (1: Tennessee)
• Osagean of United States (20: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri)
• Devonian of China (1), United States (2: Kentucky, Missouri)
Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences