†family Glypheidae Winckler 1883 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Parent taxon: Glypheoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015

See also Collins 1969, De Grave et al. 2009, Feldmann 1993, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Chimaerastacidae, Clytiopsidae, Litogastroidae, Mecochiridae, Mesochiridae, Neoglypheidae, Platychelidae

Subtaxa: Angarestia Cedrillosia Glyphea Glypheopsis Heteroglyphaea Paraglyphea Rectaglyphea Squamosoglyphea Trachysoma

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Washington)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3), Argentina (2), Australia (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Jurassic of France (16), Germany (6), Greenland (10), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Triassic of Italy (4)

Total: 85 collections including 99 occurrences

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