†family Sphaerocrinidae Jaekel 1895 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sphaerocrinidae
Parent taxon: Gasterocomacea according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Cupressocrinitidae, Gasterocomidae, Petalocrinidae
Subtaxa: Sphaerocrinus
Type: Sphaerocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphaerocrinidae in the database