Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Carpilioidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichodactyloidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea
Subtaxa: Potamidae Potamonautidae
Type: Potamon
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (2 collections), Israel (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Slovakia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), India (2), Kenya (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (8), Israel (1), Italy (1), Kenya (2), Slovakia (2), Turkey (3), Uganda (1)
• Oligocene of Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences