†family Diaulacidae Wright and Collins 1972 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diaulacidae
Parent taxon: Dromioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Dromiidae, Dynomenidae, Sphaerodromiidae, Xandarocarcinidae
Subtaxa: Diaulax
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence