Family Cirolanidae Dana 1852 (pill bug)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Cirolanidae

Parent taxon: Cymothooidea according to G. D. F. Wilson and N. Morel 2022

See also Brooks et al. 1969, Etter 2014, Feldmann and Rust 2006, Feldmann et al. 2008 and Wieder and Feldmann 1989

Sister taxon: Lantoceramiidae

Subtaxa: Brunnaega Cirolana Eonatatolana Natatolana Palaega Plakolana

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Type: Cirolana

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene of United States (8: Washington)

• Eocene of Italy (3), United States (2: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (1), France (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: South Dakota, Texas)

• Jurassic of Germany (5), Italy (1), Switzerland (10)

• Triassic of Austria (1), France (2)

Total: 59 collections including 63 occurrences

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