Parent taxon: Poteriocrinina according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Agassizocrinacea, Apographiocrinacea, Aulodesocrinus, Calceolispongiacea, Calceolispongioidea, Carlopsocrinus, Cupressocrinitacea, Decadocrinoidea, Hydreionocrinacea, Rhenocrinacea, Tarassocrinus
Subtaxa: Poteriocrinitidae
Type: Poteriocrinites
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Australia (3), the Russian Federation (7), United States (2: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (6), United States (20: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario)
Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences