†family Aegeridae Burkenroad 1963 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae
Parent taxon: Penaeoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2014
See also De Grave et al. 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aciculopoda, Aristeidae, Benthesicymidae, Carpopenaeidae, Ifasya, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae
Subtaxa: Acanthochirana Aeger Anisaeger Distaeger
Type: Aeger
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections), Mexico (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), Italy (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (3), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Idaho)
Total: 33 collections including 54 occurrences