Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to W. I. Ausich et al. 2007
See also Ausich 1998, Ausich et al. 1998, Ausich and Copper 2010, Ausich et al. 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Rutkowskicrinidae, Scytalocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Colpodecrinidae Dendrocrinidae
Type: Dendrocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (4), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (4: New York)
• Silurian of Australia (6), Canada (10: Ontario, Quebec), Estonia (2), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (20: New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Newfoundland)
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Ontario, Quebec), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (40: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wyoming)
Total: 115 collections including 135 occurrences