Parent taxon: Dromiacea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Karasawa et al. 2011, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ameridromia, Cyamocarcinus, Dromioidea, Dromiopsis, Eocarcinoidea, Eotrachynotocarcinus, Gemmellarocarcinus, Glyptodynomene, Homolodromioidea, Konidromitoidea, Mesodromilites, Oonoton, Ovamene, Polycnemidium, Roemerus, Stephanometopon
Subtaxa: Glaessneropsidae Lecythocaridae Nodoprosopidae
Type: Glaessneropsis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (5: Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (1), Poland (6), Romania (3)
Total: 20 collections including 29 occurrences