†family Dichocrinidae Miller 1889 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Parent taxon: Hexacrinitoidea according to G. D. Webster and D. W. Webster 2012
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster 2012, Webster et al. 1999 and Webster and Lane 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Camptocrininae Dichocrininae Exotikocrinus Neodichocrinus Paradichocrinus Pterotocrinus Strimplecrinus Talarocrinus
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (25 collections), Indonesia (1), the Russian Federation (4)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), Iran (1), United States (133: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Devonian of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 166 collections including 254 occurrences