†family Protencrinidae Knapp 1969 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Protencrinidae
Parent taxon: Erisocrinoidea according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Mao et al. 2018 and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Arkacrinidae, Catacrinidae, Erisocrinidae, Paradelocrinidae
Subtaxa: Protencrinus
Type: Protencrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: