Family Vultocinidae Ng and Manuel-Santos 2007 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Vultocinidae
No fossil representatives
Parent taxon: Goneplacoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acidopsidae, Carinocarcinoididae, Chasmocarcinidae, Conleyidae, Euryplacidae, Goneplacidae, Litocheiridae, Magyarcarcinidae, Martinocarcinidae, Mathildellidae, Progeryonidae, Scalopidiidae
Subtaxa: Pyreneplax
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (4 collections), Spain (2), United States (2: South Carolina)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence