Glaessneropsoidea

Glaessneropsoidea; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Dromiacea
Superfamily:	† Glaessneropsoidea ; Patrulius, 1959
Families
	Glaessneropsidae ; Lecythocaridae ; Longodromitidae ; Nodoprosopidae ;

Last updated March 26, 2025

Glaessneropsoidea is a superfamily of fossil crabs.^[1] They are found in rocks from Late Jurassic age to Late Cretaceous.^[2] The 45 species in the superfamily are divided among 11 genera in four families:^[1]

Family Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959

Ekalakia Bishop, 1976
Glaessneropsis Patrulius, 1959
Rathbunopon Stenzel, 1945
Vectis Withers, 1946
Verrucarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009

Family Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009

Lecythocaris von Meyer, 1860

Family Longodromitidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009

Abyssophthalmus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
Coelopus Étallon, 1861
Longodromites Patrulius, 1959
Planoprosopon Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lazǎr, 2007

Family Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009

Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928

References

1 2 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
↑ Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; William R. Wahl (2008). "Ekalakia (Decapoda: Brachyura): the preservation of eyes links Cretaceous crabs to Jurassic ancestors" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology . 82 (5): 1030–1034. Bibcode:2008JPal...82.1030F. doi:10.1666/08-006.1. S2CID 86066334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-26.

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[Grave-1] 1 2 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[2] Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; William R. Wahl (2008). "Ekalakia (Decapoda: Brachyura): the preservation of eyes links Cretaceous crabs to Jurassic ancestors" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology . 82 (5): 1030–1034. Bibcode:2008JPal...82.1030F. doi:10.1666/08-006.1. S2CID 86066334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-26.

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