Subfamily Comatulinae Fleming 1828 (crinoid)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae
Parent taxon: Comatulidae according to M. M. Summers et al. 2014
See also Hess and Messing 2011
Sister taxa: Comatellinae, Sievertsella, Comasterinae, Rowemissia, Capillasterinae, Comatulides, Phanogeniinae, Comatilia
Subtaxa: Capillasterini Comasterini Comatulini Neocomatellini Phanogeniini
Type: Comatula
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence