Dromioidea

Dromioidea Temporal range: Danian–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dromia personata, family Dromiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Dromiacea
Superfamily:	Dromioidea De Haan, 1833
Families [1]
Dromiidae Dynomenidae Etyiidae

Dromioidea is a superfamily of crabs mostly found in Madagascar. The earliest fossils attributable to the Dromioidea date from the Danian.^[2]

References

1. ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
2. ^ Andreas Brösing (2008). "A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary". Crustaceana 81 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1163/156854008783564091. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30458/30458.pdf. 

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