†family Arabicarcinidae Schweitzer and Feldmann 2017 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Arabicarcinidae
Full reference: C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann. 2017. New family, genus, and species of Carpilioidea (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the upper Cretaceous of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43:1-9
Parent taxon: Carpilioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2017
Sister taxa: Carpiliidae, Palaeoxanthopsidae, Tumidocarcinidae, Zanthopsidae
Subtaxa: Arabicarcinus
Type: Arabicarcinus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Aruma Plateau (Cretaceous of Qatar)