Parent taxon: Compsocrinina according to W. I. Ausich and P. Copper 2010
See also Ausich et al. 2018, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster and Jell 1992 and Webster and Lane 1987
Sister taxa: Carpocrinoidea, Hexacrinitacea, Hexacrinitoidea, Periechocrinacea, Periechocrinitoidea, Periechocrinoidea, Xenocrinacea, Xenocrinoidea
Subtaxa: Batocrinidae
Type: Carpocrinidae
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (110: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Tennessee)
• Devonian of China (2), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio)
Total: 128 collections including 298 occurrences