Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae
Parent taxon: Axioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Kensley and Williams 1990 and Rathbun 1918
Sister taxa: Calocarididae, Micheleidae, Strahlaxiidae
Subtaxa: Acanthaxius Aperiopyxis Aptaxiopsis Axiopsis Axius Calocarides Dorphinaxius Etallonia Huxleycaris Magila Megachela Palaeoaxius Paraxiopsis Plioaxius Protaxius Schlueteria Schluteria
Type: Axius
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (2), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), France (1), Italy (1), Spain (2), United States (3: Texas)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (3), Japan (2), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 27 collections including 36 occurrences