†subfamily Cactocrininae Ubaghs 1978 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Parent taxon: Actinocrinitidae according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Abactinocrinus, Actinocrinitinae, Eumorphocrininae, Manillacrinus, Physetocrininae, Thinocrinus
Subtaxa: Cactocrinus Cusacrinus Dialutocrinus Nunnacrinus Teleiocrinus
Type: Cactocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (22: Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 23 collections including 37 occurrences