Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Alternative spelling: Paleoxanthopsidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2003. Utility of Proxy Characters for Classification of Fossils: An Example from the Fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1107-1128
Parent taxon: Carpilioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Arabicarcinidae, Carpiliidae, Tumidocarcinidae, Zanthopsidae
Subtaxa: Hyphalocarcinus Jakobsenius Lobulata Palaeoxantho Palaeoxanthopsis Paraverrucoides Remia Rocacarcinus Tehuacana Verrucoides
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections), Mexico (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), France (3), Mexico (1), United States (4: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (4), United States (3: Mississippi, Puerto Rico)
• Permian of Czechia (1)
Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences