†family Pterocomidae Rasmussen 1978 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae
Parent taxon: Tropiometroidea according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Asterometridae, Calometridae, Charitometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Ptilometridae, Thalassometridae, Tropiometridae
Subtaxa: Atuatucametra Comaturella Placometra Rhodanometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4 collections), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (2)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences