†family Carcineretidae Beurlen 1930 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcineretidae

Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Pleolobites, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma

Subtaxa: Cancrixantho Carcineretes Mascaranada

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Type: Carcineretes

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belize (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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