Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
also attributed to Bassler 1938
Alternative spelling: Cyathocrinidae
Parent taxon: Cyathocrinitoidea according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Ausich and Copper 2010, Campbell and Bein 1971, Lee et al. 2005, Ramsbottom 1958, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster 1990, Webster and Lane 1987 and Whitfield 1893
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anarchocrinus Ceratocrinus Conicocyathocrinites Cyathocrinites Gissocrinus Ichthyocrinus Levicyathocrinites Meniscocrinus Occiducrinus Rugosocyathocrinites
Type: Cyathocrinites
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (4), Pakistan (10), the United Kingdom (16)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (87: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (18: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)
Total: 161 collections including 215 occurrences