Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Dimerocrinitidae according to W. I. Ausich and P. Dravage 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allozygocrinus, Ambicocrinus, Apurocrinus, Becsciecrinus, Cybelecrinus, Dimerocrinites, Duncanicrinus, Eodimerocrinites, Eucrinus, Eudimerocrinus, Euptychocrinus, Gnarycrinus, Griphocrinus, Hiiumaacrinus, Macarocrinus, Nexocrinus, Oepikicrinus, Rosfacrinus, Shidianocrinus
Subtaxa: Ptychocrinus mullochillensis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Ontario collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: New York)
• Ordovician of United States (12: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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