†family Marsupitidae d'Orbigny 1852 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Marsupitidae
Parent taxon: Uintacrinoidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Rasmussen 1961
Sister taxon: Uintacrinidae
Subtaxa: Marsupites
Type: Marsupites
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (18: British Columbia collections), Poland (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences