Superfamily Palinuroidea Latreille 1802 (decapod)
Parent taxon: Achelata according to H. Karasawa et al. 2013
See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann and Bearlin 1988, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Karasawa 1993, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Vega et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cancrinidae, Palinura, Palinuridae, Scyllaridae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Palinurus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Stark Quarry, Schamhaupten (Jurassic of Germany)