†family Acrocrinidae Wachsmut and Springer 1885 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Acrocrinidae
Parent taxon: Hexacrinitoidea according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Arendt 1995
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Epiacrocrinus Erlangeracrocrinus Globacrocrininae Hexaacrocrinus Moskoviacrocrinus Planacrocrininae
Type: Acrocrininae
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Atokan of United States (2: Missouri collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Iran (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Iowa)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences