†family Retrorsichelidae Feldmann et al. 1993 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retrorsichelidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41
Parent taxon: Anomura according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aegloidea, Cheramus, Chirostyloidea, Eocarcinoidea, Galatheoidea, Gastrodoroidea, Hippidea, Hippoidea, Kiwaoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguridea, Paguroidea, Venipaguroidea
Subtaxa: Retrorsichela
Type: Retrorsichela
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence