Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Aphelecrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Blothrocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, Cupressocrinites, Cymbiocrinus, Decadocrinus, Delocrinus, Diphuicrinus, Eupachycrinus, Exocrinus, Galateacrinus, Glossocrinus, Graphiocrinus, Hydreionocrinus, Lophocrinus, Pachylocrinus, Paradelocrinus, Pelecocrinus, Phanocrinus, Pirasocrinus, Plicodendrocrinidae, Rhenocrinus, Rutkowskicrinus, Scotiacrinus, Scytalocrinus, Sellardsicrinus, Sostronocrinus, Spaniocrinus, Stachyocrinus, Staphylocrinus, Stellarocrinus, Sundacrinus, Texacrinus, Timorechinus, Tribrachyocrinus, Trimerocrinus, Zeacrinites
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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