†family Anthracocrinidae Strimple and Watkins 1955 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Parent taxon: Rhodocrinitoidea according to S. R. Cole et al. 2018

See also Ausich 1998, Cole et al. 2017, Cole et al. 2017 and Haugh 1979

Sister taxa: Callistocrinidae, Cleiocrinidae, Rhodocrinitidae, Anthemocrinidae, Paulocrinus, Emperocrinidae, Opsiocrinidae, Siderocrinus

Subtaxa: Anthracocrinus Dalicrinus Deocrinus Fombuenacrinus Goyacrinus Gustabilicrinus Hercocrinus Priscillacrinus Rheocrinus Tallinnicrinus

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Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Quebec collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec), Estonia (1), Spain (3), United States (7: New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

Total: 16 collections including 22 occurrences

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