Superfamily Pinnotheroidea De Haan 1833 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

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

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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

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