Family Sphaeroniscidae Vandel 1964 (isopod)
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeroniscidae
Parent taxon: Oniscidea according to H. Schmalfuss 1980
Sister taxa: Armadillidae, Armadilliidae, Crinocheta, Ligiidae, Philosciidae, Platyarthridae, Porcellionoidea, Synocheta, Tylidae
Subtaxa: Protosphaeroniscus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)