Full reference: G. D. Webster, C. G. Maples, R. Mawson and M. Dastanpour. 2003. A cladid-dominated Early Mississippian crinoid and conodont fauna from Kerman Province, Iran and revision of the glossocrinids and rhenocrinids. Journal of Paleontology 77(sp60):1-37
Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Amabilicrinidae Glossocrinidae Rutkowskicrinidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (2), China (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Laos (1), Pakistan (5)
• Carboniferous of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Iran (2), United States (7: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario), Germany (2), Morocco (3), South Africa (4), Tajikistan (1), United States (3: Colorado, Missouri, New York)
Total: 38 collections including 42 occurrences