†superfamily Zeacrinitoidea Bassler and Moodey 1943 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Alternative spelling: Zeacrinitacea

Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012

See also Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster 1987

Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Texacrinoidea

Subtaxa: Exocrinidae Scotiacrinidae Timorechinidae Zeacrinitidae

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Type: Zeacrinites

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (10 collections), Indonesia (3), United States (2: Nevada, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (7), United States (10: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma)

Total: 33 collections including 51 occurrences

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