Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille 1825 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Anomura according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Nyborg and Vega 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Aegloidea, Cheramus, Chirostyloidea, Eocarcinoidea, Galatheoidea, Gastrodoroidea, Hippidea, Kiwaoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguridea, Paguroidea, Retrorsichelidae, Venipaguroidea

Subtaxa: Albuneidae Blepharipodidae Hippidae

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Type: Hippa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida, Flrida, Virgin Islands)

• Miocene of Hungary (2), United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene of Italy (1), United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of Italy (5), United States (2: South Carolina, Washington)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences

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