Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Parent taxon: Necrocarcinoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2012, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2016 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Araripecarcinus, Camarocarcinidae, Cenomanocarcinidae, Orithopsidae, Paranecrocarcinidae
Subtaxa: Arcticocarcinus Elektrocarcinus Hadrocarcinus Necrocarcinus
Type: Necrocarcinus
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), the Czech Republic (2), France (7), Germany (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences