†family Apiocrinitidae d'Orbigny 1840 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Millericrinida according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Hess 2012, Hess and Gale 2010 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Amaltheocrinus, Bangtoupocrinidae, Carinacrinus, Catinicrinus, Hyocrinina, Millericrinidae, Millericrinina, Neodadocrinidae, Rotacrinus, Serracrinus, Souticrinus
Subtaxa: Apiocrinites Guettardicrinus
Type: Apiocrinites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Poland (2), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), France (4), Germany (1), Israel (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (7), Somalia (2), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences