Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Pabian and Strimple 1974, Sepkoski 2002, Washburn 1968 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Aphelecrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Blothrocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, Cupressocrinites, Cymbiocrinus, Diphuicrinus, Eupachycrinus, Exocrinus, Galateacrinus, Glossocrinus, Graphiocrinus, Hydreionocrinus, Laudonocrinus, Lophocrinus, Paradelocrinus, Pelecocrinus, Phanocrinus, Pirasocrinus, Plicodendrocrinidae, Rhenocrinus, Rutkowskicrinus, Scotiacrinus, Scytalocrinus, Sellardsicrinus, Sostronocrinus, Spaniocrinus, Stachyocrinus, Staphylocrinus, Stellarocrinus, Sundacrinus, Texacrinus, Timorechinus, Tribrachyocrinus, Trimerocrinus, Zeacrinites
Subtaxa: Delocrinus admirensis Delocrinus densus Delocrinus titicara Delocrinus vastus Delocrinus vulgatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Melekhovian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Permian of Bolivia (1), United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Utah)
• Carboniferous of United States (43: Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 52 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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