Full reference: R. C. Moore and L. R. Laudon. 1943. Evolution and classification of Paleozoic crinoids. Geological Society of America Special Paper 46:1-151
Parent taxon: Dendrocrinida according to G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 2007
See also Pabian and Rushlau 2002, Ubaghs et al. 1978, Webster and Donovan 2015, Webster et al. 1999, Webster and Jell 1999, Webster et al. 2009 and Webster and Webster 2012
Sister taxa: Aesiocrinidae, Agassizocrinoidea, Apographiocrinoidea, Bridgerocrinidae, Cromyocrinoidea, Dendrocrinacea, Erisocrinoidea, Glossocrinacea, Glossocrinidae, Graphiocrinoidea, Kraterocrinidae, Lophocrinoidea, Mastigocrinacea, Mastigocrinoidea, Merocrinacea, Mollocrinoidea, Pentaxocrinus, Pirasocrinacea, Pirasocrinoidea, Plicodendrocrinacea, Rutkowskicrinidae, Scytalocrinoidea, Timorocidaroidea, Zeacrinitoidea, Texacrinoidea
Subtaxa: Scytalocrinidae
Type: Scytalocrinus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Oman (2), Pakistan (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: Utah)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (79: Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of China (2), Mongolia (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 103 collections including 135 occurrences