Family Platyarthridae Verhoeff 1949 (isopod)
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Platyarthridae
Parent taxon: Oniscidea according to H. Schmalfuss 1984
Sister taxa: Armadillidae, Armadilliidae, Crinocheta, Ligiidae, Oniscus convexus, Philosciidae, Porcellio cyclocephalus, Porcellio granulatus, Porcellio notatus, Porcellionoidea, Sphaeroniscidae, Synocheta, Tylidae
Subtaxa: Trichorhina
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)