†family Thalassometridae Clark 1908 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Thalassometridae
Parent taxon: Tropiometroidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Eagle 2007
Sister taxa: Asterometridae, Calometridae, Charitometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Pterocomidae, Ptilometridae, Tropiometridae
Subtaxa: Aglaometra Cosmiometra Crotalometra Daidalometra Horaeometra Koehlermetra Leilametra Lissometra Oceanometra Parametra Stenometra Stiremetra Stylometra Thalassometra
Type: Thalassometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence