†family Kallidecthidae Schram 1969 (arthropod)
Malacostraca - Aeschronectida - Kallidecthidae
Parent taxon: Aeschronectida according to F. R. Schram 1979
See also Schram 1969
Sister taxa: Aenigmacaris, Aratidecthidae
Subtaxa: Kallidecthes
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, Essex fauna (Carboniferous of Illinois)