†family Anthracocarididae Brooks 1962 (arthropod)
Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Anthracocarididae
Alternative spelling: Anthracocaridae
Parent taxon: Anthracocaridomorpha according to F. R. Schram et al. 1986
See also Brooks et al. 1969 and Schram 1979
Sister taxon: Niveotanaidae
Subtaxa: Anthracocaris
Type: Anthracocaris
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Granton Lagerstätte, Midland Valley, Scotl. (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)