†superfamily Platycrinitacea Austin and Austin 1843 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Monobathrida

Parent taxon: Glyptocrinina according to Y. Y. Mao et al. 2018

See also Ausich 1998, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster and Jell 1992, Webster and Lane 1987, Webster et al. 2009 and Webster and Webster 2012

Sister taxa: Eucalyptocrinitacea, Glyptocrinacea, Glyptocrinoidea, Melocrinitacea, Patelliocrinoidea, Platycrinitoidea, Stipatocrinacea

Subtaxa: Hapalocrinidae Hirneacrinidae Platycrinitidae

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Type: Platycrinitidae

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (23 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (1), East Timor (1), Indonesia (15), Oman (1), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)

• Chesterian of United States (3: Kentucky, Virginia)

• Osagean of United States (28: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)

• Mississippian of United States (9: Alaska, Idaho, Indiana)

• Carboniferous of Antarctica (2), Australia (3), Canada (2: Alberta), China (3), Iran (2), Ireland (2), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (136: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)

• Devonian of Australia (1), China (5), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (7), Mongolia (1), United States (8: Missouri, New York)

• Silurian of Australia (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (23: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 299 collections including 433 occurrences

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