Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae
Parent taxon: Monobathrida according to W. I. Ausich and M. E. Cournoyer 2019
See also Angelin 1878, Ausich 1998, Ausich and Copper 2010, Cole et al. 2017, Cole et al. 2017, Kolata 1976, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Acrocrinitidae, Amarsupiocrinus, Amblacrinus, Bolicrinus, Carpocrinidae, Cerasmocrinus, Closterocrinus, Compsocrinina, Delgadocrinidae, Dolatocrinicae, Eknomocrinidae, Eocamptocrinus, Eucalyptocrinitidae, Exsulacrinus, Glaphyocrinus, Glyptocrinina, Habrotecrinidae, Harrelicrinus, Hexacriniticae, Hyrtanecrinus, Ilmocrinus, Ivanovaecrinus, Lobomelocrinus, Marhoumacrinus, Marsupiocrinidae, Nanicrinus, Neocamtocrinus, Pandanocrinus, Paracrocrinus, Paratalarocrinus, Phrygilocrinus, Praedicticrinus, Prokopicrinus, Shimantocrinus, Struszocrinus, Tanaocrinina, Xenocrinidae
Subtaxa: Briarocrinus Centriocrinus Eopatelliocrinus Jovacrinus Krinocrinus Kylixocrinus Laurelocrinus Macrostylocrinus Patelliocrinus Thomasocrinus
Type: Patelliocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (7: Ontario, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (47: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Illinois, Missouri, Wyoming)
Total: 63 collections including 104 occurrences