Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eknomocrinidae
Full reference: T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle. 2003. The oldest known crinoids (Early Ordovician, Utah) and a new crinoid plate homology system. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364:1-43
Parent taxon: Monobathrida according to T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle 2003
Sister taxa: Acrocrinitidae, Amarsupiocrinus, Amblacrinus, Bolicrinus, Carpocrinidae, Cerasmocrinus, Closterocrinus, Compsocrinina, Delgadocrinidae, Dolatocrinicae, Eocamptocrinus, Eucalyptocrinitidae, Exsulacrinus, Glaphyocrinus, Glyptocrinina, Habrotecrinidae, Harrelicrinus, Hexacriniticae, Hyrtanecrinus, Ilmocrinus, Ivanovaecrinus, Lobomelocrinus, Marhoumacrinus, Marsupiocrinidae, Nanicrinus, Neocamtocrinus, Pandanocrinus, Paracrocrinus, Paratalarocrinus, Patelliocrinidae, Phrygilocrinus, Praedicticrinus, Shimantocrinus, Struszocrinus, Tanaocrinina, Xenocrinidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Eknomocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eknomocrinidae in the database