Family Oregoniidae Garth 1958 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oregoniidae

Parent taxon: Majoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Epialtidae, Hymenosomidae, Inachidae, Inachoididae, Macrocheiridae, Majidae, Priscinachidae

Subtaxa: Hyas Oregonia

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), Greenland (2), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Maine)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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