Parent taxon: Thoracotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Cryptochiroidea, Grapsoidea, Ocypodoidea, Oxypodoidea, Palicoidea
Subtaxa: Pinnotheridae Propinnotheroides
Type: Pinnotheres
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), the Philippines (1), United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Chile (2), Malaysia (10), United States (2: California)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Mexico (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
Total: 29 collections including 37 occurrences