"Porocrinida" was first used in Wright et al., 2017 but was mistakenly attributed to Miller and Gurly, 1894 therein.
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Alternative spelling: Porocrinidae
Full reference: D. F. Wright, W. I. Ausich, S. R. Cole, M. E. Peter, and E. C. Rhenberg. 2017. Phylogenetic taxonomy and classification of the Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 91(4):829-846
Parent taxon: Porocrinoidea according to D. F. Wright et al. 2017
See also Ausich 1998, Ausich and Copper 2010, Sprinkle 1982, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Wright et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Hybocrinida
Subtaxa: Carabocrinus Illemocrinus Palaeocrinus Porocrinus Triboloporus
Type: Porocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (13: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (70: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, illinois)
Total: 85 collections including 166 occurrences