Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Phillips, in Morris, 1843
Parent taxon: Taxocrinidae according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Sepkoski 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Eutaxocrinus, Gnorimocrinus, Ladacrinus, Parichthyocrinus, Protaxocrinus
Subtaxa: Taxocrinus anomalus Taxocrinus macrodactylus Taxocrinus ovalis Taxocrinus stultus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Iran (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (29: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Australia (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Mongolia (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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