Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Parent taxon: Isocrinus according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Isocrinus (Diplocrinus), Isocrinus (Isocrinus), Isocrinus amblyscalaris, Isocrinus annulatus, Isocrinus arduennensis, Isocrinus arzierensis, Isocrinus bleytonensis, Isocrinus brotzeni, Isocrinus californicus, Isocrinus campanularis, Isocrinus cenomanensis, Isocrinus dentatogranulatus, Isocrinus diegonensis, Isocrinus divergens, Isocrinus doliolum, Isocrinus dumortieri, Isocrinus echinatus, Isocrinus florifer, Isocrinus gevreyi, Isocrinus gocevi, Isocrinus granosus, Isocrinus knighti, Isocrinus lanceolatus, Isocrinus legeri, Isocrinus lissajouxi, Isocrinus longus, Isocrinus mallevalensis, Isocrinus minutus, Isocrinus nehalemensis, Isocrinus neocomiensis, Isocrinus nicoleti, Isocrinus nodulosus, Isocrinus perlatus, Isocrinus peyroulensis, Isocrinus propinquus, Isocrinus psilonoti, Isocrinus sublaevigatus, Isocrinus thiessingi, Isocrinus wyomingensis, Isocrinus zeltbergensis
Subtaxa: Isocrinus (Chladocrinus) basaltiformis
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (8 collections)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (9), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence