Glaessneropsoidea

Glaessneropsoidea
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Dromiacea
Superfamily: Glaessneropsoidea
Patrulius, 1959
Families
  • Glaessneropsidae
  • Lecythocaridae
  • Longodromitidae
  • Nodoprosopidae

Glaessneropsoidea is a superfamily of fossil crabs. They are found in rocks from Late Jurassic age to Late Cretaceous. The 45 species in the superfamily are divided among 11 genera in four families:

Family Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959
  • Ekalakia Bishop, 1976
  • Glaessneropsis Patrulius, 1959
  • Rathbunopon Stenzel, 1945
  • Vectis Withers, 1946
  • Verrucarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
Family Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Lecythocaris von Meyer, 1860
Family Longodromitidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Abyssophthalmus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Coelopus Étallon, 1861
  • Longodromites Patrulius, 1959
  • Planoprosopon Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lazǎr, 2007
Family Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
  • Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928
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