Parent taxon: Taxocrinida according to W. I. Ausich 1998
See also Ausich and Copper 2010, Ubaghs et al. 1978 and Webster et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Haereticotaxocrinus, Paerticrinidae, Pepitaxoncrinus, Praeorocrinus
Subtaxa: Synerocrinidae Taxocrinidae
Type: Taxocrinus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Iran (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (51: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (1), China (5), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (3), Mongolia (1), United States (13: Colorado, Iowa, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (11: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa)
Total: 114 collections including 144 occurrences