†family Dakoticancridae Rathbun 1917 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1917. New species of South Dakota Cretaceous crabs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2182):385-391
Parent taxon: Dakoticancroidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2017
See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1917 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Ibericancridae
Subtaxa: Avitelmessus Dakoticancer Tetracarcinus
Type: Dakoticancer
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (8 collections), United States (41: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming, mississippi)
Total: 49 collections including 51 occurrences