†family Encrinidae Dujardin and Hupé 1862 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Parent taxon: Encrinida according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Hagdorn 1986 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Ainigmacrinidae, Dadocrinidae, Flabellocrinites, Traumatocrinidae
Subtaxa: Cassianocrinus Chelocrinus Encrinus Zardinicrinus
Type: Encrinus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), China (24), France (1), Germany (12), Greece (1), Hungary (5), Italy (25), New Zealand (4), Poland (2), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 90 collections including 118 occurrences