Family Platyxanthidae Guinot 1977 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Platyxanthidae
Parent taxon: Eriphioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2005 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Eriphiidae, Hypothalassiidae, Menippidae, Oziidae
Subtaxa: Homolaspis Peloeus Platyxanthus
Type: Platyxanthus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence