Family Antedonidae Norman 1865 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae
Synonym: Palaeantedonidae Gislen 1924
Parent taxon: Antedonoidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Eagle 2007 and Eagle 2009
Sister taxa: Pentametrocrinidae, Zenometridae
Subtaxa: Adelometra Anisometra Antedoninae Athrypsometra Balanometra Bathymetrinae Caryometra Cyclometra Eometra Heliometrinae Isometrinae Kempometra Leptometra Microcomatula Perometrinae Poliometra Thysanometrinae
Type: Antedon
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences