Malacostraca - Decapoda - Geryonidae
Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Casadio et al. 2005, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Pleolobites, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma
Subtaxa: Geryoninae Ovalipinae Zaraquieyon
Type: Geryon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (9), Chile (2), Denmark (2), United States (3: Massachusetts)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Germany (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences