†family Echinoencrinitidae Bather 1899
Rhombifera - Echinoencrinitidae
Synonym: Scoliocystidae Jaekel 1899
Parent taxon: Glyptocystitoida according to C. R. C. Paul and S. V. Rozhnov 2016
See also Beaver et al. 1967, Jell et al. 1985, Regnéll 1945 and Zuykov et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Echinoencrinites Erinocystis Eutretocystis Fusicystis Glansicystis Glaphyrocystis Gonocrinites Osculocystis Proctocystis Schizocystis Scoliocystinae Scoliocystis Tyrridiocystis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Tennessee collection)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (4)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (3)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences