Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Synonym: Platycrinus [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Platycrinitidae according to G. D. Webster and G. D. Sevastopulo 2007
See also Campbell and Bein 1971, Miller 1821, Moore and Jeffords 1968, Sepkoski 2002, Webster and Lane 1987 and Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Brahmacrinus, Camptocrinus, Chinacrinus, Collicrinus, Elegantocrinus, Eucladocrinus, Neoplatycrinus, Oenochoacrinus, Platycion, Platyclonus, Platyparallelus, Platyplateium, Platystela, Plemnocrinus, Pleurocrinus
Subtaxa: Platycrinites burlingtonensis Platycrinites crokeri Platycrinites halos Platycrinites irroratus Platycrinites langbaensis Platycrinites nikondaense Platycrinites testudo Platycrinites vexabilis Platycrinites wachsmuthi Platycrinites wrighti Platycrinus annosus Platycrinus illinoisensis Platycrinus parvinodus Platycrinus peculiaris
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), Indonesia (12), Serbia (1), Timor-Leste (1), United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Canada (2: Alberta), China (3), Iran (2), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (141: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Germany (4), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 186 collections including 229 occurrences
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