Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Full reference: H. Karasawa, C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann and J. Luque. 2014. Phylongeny and Classification of Raninoida (Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Crustacean Biology 34(2):216-272
Parent taxon: Lyreididae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Bicornisranininae, Delyrius, Doraranina, Lyreidina, Lyreidinae, Marylyreidinae
Subtaxa: Macroacaena
Type: Macroacaena
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (15: Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Delaware, Mississippi)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences