Crinoidea - Cladida - Aethocrinidae
Parent taxon: Cladida according to D. F. Wright 2017
See also Ausich 1998, Ausich 1998 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Aaglacrinus, Aithriocrinus, Ampelocrinida, Apektocrinidae, Bicidiocrinus, Briseocrinus, Cathetocrinus, Cromyocrinacea, Cyathocrinacea, Dendrocrinina, Dimerocrinites anticostiensis, Eucladida, Flexibilia, Harmostocrinus, Idaeumocrinus, Kanabinocrinus, Kansacrinus, Kooptoonocrinus, Lanecrinus, Lekocrinus, Mathericrinus, Menniscocrinus, Nacocrinus, Nuxocrinus, Parascytalocrinus, Perittocrinus, Porocrinoidea, Poteriocrinina, Poteriocrinitina, Pskovicrinus, Pulaskicrinus, Pyrenocrinus, Rimosidocrinus, Saccosompsis, Sardinocrinus, Scammatocrinus, Treocrinus, Wetherbyocrinus, Worthenocrinus
Subtaxa: Aethocrinus
Type: Aethocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence