Family Corystidae Samouelle 1819 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Corystidae
The brachyuran decapod family, not the echinoid family of same name (a homonym)
Parent taxon: Corystoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Collins et al. 2003, Karasawa 1993, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Corystes Corystites Gomezinus Harenacorystes Hebertides Micromithrax Padocatactes Pseudocorystes Ypresicorystes
Type: Corystes
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), Japan (3), the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Hungary (1), Malaysia (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Italy (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence