Subfamily Antedoninae Norman 1865 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae
Parent taxon: Antedonidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Eagle 2009
Sister taxa: Adelometra, Anisometra, Athrypsometra, Balanometra, Bathymetrinae, Caryometra, Cyclometra, Eometra, Heliometrinae, Isometrinae, Kempometra, Leptometra, Microcomatula, Perometrinae, Poliometra, Thysanometrinae
Subtaxa: Andrometra Annametra Antedon Argyrometra Ctenantedon Dorometra Euantedon Eumetra Iridometra Mastigometra Palaeantedon Toxometra
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence