Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae
Parent taxon: Goneplacoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acidopsidae, Carinocarcinoididae, Chasmocarcinidae, Conleyidae, Goneplacidae, Litocheiridae, Magyarcarcinidae, Martinocarcinidae, Mathildellidae, Progeryonidae, Scalopidiidae, Vultocinidae
Subtaxa: Baldoplax Chirinocarcinus Chlinocephalus Corallicarcinus Eucrate Euryplax Orbitoplax Paleopsopheticus Prealpiplax Simonellia Stoaplax Viaplax
Type: Euryplax
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), the Philippines (1), United States (1: Flrida)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Italy (5), Mexico (1), United States (14: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences