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Glaessneropsoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Decapoda

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Similar
  
Dairoidea, Homoloidea, Retroplumidae, Eriphioidea, Corystidae

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
  • References

    Glaessneropsoidea Wikipedia