Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Synonym: Lovaracarcinidae Stevcic 2011
Parent taxon: Carpilioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Arabicarcinidae, Carpiliidae, Palaeoxanthopsidae, Tumidocarcinidae
Subtaxa: Amekicarcinus Fredericia Harpactocarcinus Harpactoxanthopsis Lovaracarcinus Martinetta Neozanthopsis Zanthopsis
Type: Zanthopsis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Iran (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (2), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (13), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), North Atlantic (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (7), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (39: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleogene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Romania (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 90 collections including 100 occurrences