†superfamily Squilloidea Latreille 1802 (mantis shrimp)

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda

Parent taxon: Unipeltata according to F.R. Schram 2010

See also Beschin et al. 2012 and Hof 1998

Sister taxa: Bathysquilloidea, Erythrosquilloidea, Gonodactyloidea, Indosquillidae, Lysiosquilloidea, Pseudosculdidae, Sculdidae, Triassosculda, Verunipeltata

Subtaxa: Eurysquillidae Parasquillidae Squillidae Ursquillidae

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Type: Squilla

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (2 collections), United States (4: California, Oregon)

• Eocene of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Israel (2), Jordan (1), Lebanon (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Arizona, Kansas)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Montana)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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