Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille 1825 (decapod)
Parent taxon: Anomura according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nyborg and Vega 2008
Sister taxa: Aegloidea, Cheramus, Chirostyloidea, Galatheoidea, Gastrodoroidea, Hippidea, Kiwaoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguridea, Paguroidea, Venipaguroidea
Subtaxa: Albuneidae Blepharipodidae Hippidae
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (1: 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: 18 collections including 20 occurrences