Parent taxon: Articuliformes according to Wright 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster and Lane 1967 and Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinus, Agassizocrinus, Amabilicrinus, Ampelocrinus, Anobasicrinus, Aphelecrinus, Arkacrinus, Basleocrinus, Blothrocrinus, Botryocrinidae, Bursacrinus, Cadocrinus, Calceolispongia, Cercidocrinus, Clathrocrinus, Corematocrinus, Corythocrinus, Cricocrinus, Cromyocrinus, Cupressocrinites, Cymbiocrinus, Delocrinus, Diphuicrinus, Eupachycrinus, Exocrinus, Galateacrinus, Glossocrinus, Graphiocrinus, Hydreionocrinus, Laudonocrinus, Lophocrinus, Paradelocrinus, Pelecocrinus, Phanocrinus, Pirasocrinus, Plicodendrocrinidae, Rhenocrinus, Rutkowskicrinus, Scotiacrinus, Scytalocrinus, Sellardsicrinus, Sostronocrinus, Spaniocrinus, Stachyocrinus, Staphylocrinus, Sundacrinus, Texacrinus, Timorechinus, Tribrachyocrinus, Trimerocrinus, Zeacrinites
Subtaxa: Stellarocrinus bilineatus Stellarocrinus comptus Stellarocrinus cuneatus Stellarocrinus qijiagouensis Stellarocrinus stillativus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (19: Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 24 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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