Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae
Parent taxon: Chasmocarcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Collins et al. 2003, Feldmann and Wilson 1988, Karasawa and Kato 2003, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004
Sister taxa: Megaesthesiinae, Trogloplacinae
Subtaxa: Camatopsis Chasmocarcinops Chasmocarcinus Collinsius Falconoplax Gillcarcinus Hephthopelta Mioplax Orthakrolophos Parapilumnus
Type: Chasmocarcinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Chile (1), Malaysia (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (10)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Barbados (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleogene of Belgium (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence