Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Synonym: Cyathocrinus Miller 1821 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinitidae according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987
See also Ausich and Copper 2010, Campbell and Bein 1971, Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Waagen and Pichl 1885 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Anarchocrinus, Ceratocrinus, Conicocyathocrinites, Gissocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, Levicyathocrinites, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus, Rugosocyathocrinites
Subtaxa: Cyathocrinites deroseari Cyathocrinites ramosus Cyathocrinus goliathus Cyathocrinus indicus Cyathocrinus kattaensis Cyathocrinus virgalensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (4), Pakistan (10), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (86: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), Sweden (3), United States (8: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin)
Total: 136 collections including 183 occurrences
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