Malacostraca - Decapoda - Matutidae
Parent taxon: Leucosioidea according to H. Karasawa et al. 2019
See also Feldmann et al. 2019, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ampliura, Andorina, Duncanitrix, Folguerolesiidae, Gemmacarcinus, Hepatinulus, Iphiculidae, Leucosiidae, Nucilobus, Palaeomyra, Pterocarcinus, Typilobus
Subtaxa: Ashtoret Eomatuta Hemsut Matuta Matutites Pseudohepatiscus Szaboa
Type: Matuta
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (5 collections)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), Italy (6), United States (4: Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence