Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Parent taxon: Decadocrinidae according to G. Ubaghs et al. 1978
See also Laudon 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acylocrinus, Aulocrinus, Eidosocrinus, Eireocrinus, Glaukosocrinus, Grabauicrinus, Holcocrinus, Ramulocrinus, Trautscholdicrinus, Zostocrinus
Subtaxa: Decadocrinus crassidactylus Decadocrinus pachydactylus Decadocrinus spinulifer Decadocrinus subhemisphericus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (19: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky)
• Devonian of China (2), United States (16: Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio)
Total: 38 collections including 44 occurrences
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