Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, J. Fam, W. A. Hessin, S. W. Hetrick, T. G. Nyborg, and R. L. M. Ross. 2003. Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada. NRC Research Press 1-66
Parent taxon: Necrocarcinoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Franţescu et al. 2016, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Araripecarcinus, Camarocarcinidae, Cenomanocarcinidae, Necrocarcinidae, Paranecrocarcinidae
Subtaxa: Aetocarcinus Anoplocarcinus Bellcarcinus Cherpiocarcinus Chronocancer Colombicarcinus Cristella Marycarcinus Orithopsis Paradoxicarcinus Paradoxilissopsa Planocarcinus Shazella Silvacarcinus Texicancer
Type: Orithopsis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Colombia (4), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: North Dakota, Oregon, Texas)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence