Glaessneropsoidea is a
superfamily
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of
fossil
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crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s.
They are found in rocks from
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
age to
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...
.
The 45 species in the superfamily are divided among 11 genera in four families:
;Family
Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959
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Ekalakia''
Bishop, 1976
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Glaessneropsis''
Patrulius, 1959
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Rathbunopon''
Stenzel, 1945
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Vectis''
Withers, 1946
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Verrucarcinus''
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
;Family
Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
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Lecythocaris''
von Meyer, 1860
;Family
Longodromitidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
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Abyssophthalmus''
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
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Coelopus''
Étallon, 1861
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Longodromites''
Patrulius, 1959
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Planoprosopon''
Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lazǎr, 2007
;Family
Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009
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Nodoprosopon''
Beurlen, 1928
References
Dromiacea
Arthropod superfamilies
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