Family Euryplacidae Stimpson 1871 (crab)

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

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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

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