†family Sycocrinitidae Lane 1967 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sycocrinitidae
Alternative spelling: Sycocrinitinae
Parent taxon: Hypocrinacea according to Yu. A. Arendt 1981
See also Arendt 1970, Arendt 1996, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Acariaiocrinidae, Hypocrinidae, Lageniocrinidae, Pilidiocrinidae
Subtaxa: Allosycocrinus Koivocrinus Metasycocrinus Monobrachiocrinus Parasycocrinus Streptostomocrinus
Type: Sycocrinites
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (11 collections), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (6)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 19 collections including 28 occurrences