Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae
Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Robins et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aeglidae, Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae, Porcellanidae, Retrorsichelidae
Subtaxa: Ambulocapsa Ankylokypha Aulavescus Brazilomunida Bullariscus Cracensigillatus Culmenformosa Faxegalathea Mizunotengus Munidopsis Octoeurax Palaeomunidopsis Pegomyrmekella Vetoplautus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (3)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Romania (1)
Total: 16 collections including 33 occurrences