†superfamily Konidromitoidea Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2010. A new family of Mesozoic Brachyura (Glaessneropsoidea) and reevaluation of Distefania Checchia-Rispoli, 1917 (Homolodromioidea: Goniodromitidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 256(3):363-380

Parent taxon: Dromiacea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Karasawa et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Ameridromia, Cyamocarcinus, Dromioidea, Dromiopsis, Eotrachynotocarcinus, Gemmellarocarcinus, Glaessneropsoidea, Glyptodynomene, Homolodromioidea, Mesodromilites, Moravacarcininae, Oonoton, Ovamene, Polycnemidium, Roemerus, Stephanometopon

Subtaxa: Konidromitidae

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Type: Konidromites

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Colorado, South Dakota collections)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), Czechia (1), Romania (4)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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