Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Invalid subtaxa: Cintedon Munier-Chalmas 1891 [replaced name], Compsometra Clark 1908, Decacnemos Bronn 1825, Ganymeda Gray 1834, Hibernula Fleming 1828, Kallispongia Wright 1877, Phytocrinus de Blainville 1830, Repometra Clark 1937

Parent taxon: Antedoninae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also de Blainville 1830

Sister taxa: Andrometra, Annametra, Argyrometra, Ctenantedon, Dorometra, Euantedon, Eumetra, Iridometra, Mastigometra, Palaeantedon, Toxometra

Subtaxa: Antedon arabica Antedon bifida Antedon eschrichti Antedon europaeus Antedon loveni Antedon pulchella

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Type: Asterias bifida

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Middle Ilerdien, Fontcouverte, Aude (Eocene of France)

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