SUPERFAMILY:
Dromioidea De Haan, 1833
(Subsection Dynomeniformia Guinot, Tavares & Castro, 2013)
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Messinian (Upper Miocene)-Serra Colmenares, Elx, Spain.
Müller, P, 1978. Decapoda (Crustacea) fauna a Budapesti miocénbõl (5). Faune de Décapodes (Crustacés) dans le Miocène de Budapest. Földtani Közlöny, 108: 272-312, pls. 1-23.
Müller, P.,1984. Decapod Crustacea of the Badenian. Geologica Hungarica, (Palaeontologica) 42:1-317, pls. 1-97.
Dromiidae, Dromiinae- late Badenian (early Serravallian, middle Miocene)- Ternopil, Ukraine.
Beschin C., Busulini A., Fornaciari E., Papazzoni C.A., Tessier G., 2018. La fauna di crostacei associati a coralli dell’Eocene
superiore di Campolongo di Val Liona (Monti Berici, Vicenza, Italia nordorientale). Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 69:
129-215.
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Danian, Paleocene, Fakse limequarry, Denmark
Reuss, A.E., 1858 (imprint 1957). 1858. Über kurzschwänzige Krebse im Jurakalke Mährens. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche Classe) 31: 5-13.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and
Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Danian, Paleocene, Fakse limequarry, Denmark
Reuss, A.E., 1858 (imprint 1957). 1858 [imprint 1857]. Über kurzschwänzige Krebse im Jurakalke Mährens. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche Classe) 31: 5-13.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and
Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Danian, Paleocene, Fakse limequarry, Denmark
Reuss, A.E. 1859. Zur Kenntnis fossiler Krabben. Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Denkschrift, 17: 1-90, pls. 1-24.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Danian, Paleocene, Fakse limequarry, Denmark
Schlotheim, E. F. 1820. Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Uberreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt erläutert.Becker. Gotha (Thuringia). 437 p.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Schlotheim, E. F. 1820. Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Uberreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt erläutert.Becker. Gotha (Thuringia). 437 p.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
C-027-7-Danian, Paleocene- Limhamn quarry, Malmö, Sweden.
C-027-9-Fakse limequarry, Denmark .
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Lutetian (Eocene)-Chaimpo Valley, Italy.
Bittner, A.,, 1883. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Brachyuren-Fauna des Alttertiärs von Vicenza und Verona. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 46: 299-316, pl. 1.
Dromiidae, Dromiinae- Priabonian (late Eocene)- Central Pyrenees, Spain.
Artal, P., Van Bakel, B., W. M., Domínguez, J.L. & Gómez, G., 2016. A new dromiid crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Dromioidea) from the Upper Eocene of Huesca (Aragón, northern Spain). Zootaxa 4061 (4): 438–446.
Dromiidae, Dromiinae-Holocene-Okitsu, Shimizu, Suruga Bay, Shizuola Pr., Japan.
Linnaeus, C., 1763. Centuria Insectorum, quam, praeside D.D. Car. von Linné, proposuit Boas, Calmariensis. In: C. Linnaeus, Amoenitates Academicae; seu dissrtationes variae, physicae, medicae, botanicae, Antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae & auctae, 6: 384-415.
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Ilerdian (lower Eocene)-Central Pyrenees, Spain.
Artal, P. Ferratges, F.A., van Bakel, B.W.M. & Zamora, S., 2022. A highly diverse dromioid crab assemblage (Decapoda, Brachyura) associated with pinnacle reefs in the lower Eocene of Spain.Journal of Paleontology, 1-20.
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Ypresian (lower Eocene)-Seasalter, Kent, UK.
Van Bakel, B.W.M., Robin, Ninon, Charbonnier, S.& Saward, J, 2017. Revision of Dromilites bucklandii (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): Type material revealing its real identity, a junior synonym, and a new species. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.3.61A: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.26879/813
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Ypresian (lower Eocene)-Seasalter, Kent, UK.
Van Bakel, B.W.M., Robin, Ninon, Charbonnier, S.& Saward, J, 2017. Revision of Dromilites bucklandii (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): Type material revealing its real identity, a junior synonym, and a new species. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.3.61A: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.26879/813
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Lutetian (Eocene)- Alacant Province, Spain.
Via, L., 1959. Decápodos fósiles del Eoceno español. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 70: 1-72.
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Lutetian (Eocene)- Alacant Province, Spain.
Via, L., 1959. Decápodos fósiles del Eoceno español. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 70: 1-72.
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae- Lutetian (Eocene)-Chiampo Valley, Vicenza, Italy.
Via, L., 1959. Decápodos fósiles del Eoceno español. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 70: 1-72.
See Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2010 and Guinot et al., 2013
Via, L., 1959. Decápodos fósiles del Eoceno español. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 70: 1-72.
See Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2010 and Guinot et al., 2013
Dromiidae, Sphaerodromiinae-
BARNOLAS, A., 1973. Dromilites vicensis n. sp., nuevo braquiuro del Eocene marino de Cataluña. Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de la Universidad de Barcelona, 28: 5-14.
See Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2010 and Guinot et al., 2013
Dromiidae, Basinotopiinae- Ypresian (lower Eocene)-Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.
Desmarest, , A. G., 1822. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés fossiles. Les Crustacés proprement dits: 67-154, pls. 5-11. (F. G. Levrault, Paris).
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Basinotopiinae - Ypresian (lower Eocene)-Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.
Desmarest, , A. G., 1822. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés fossiles. Les Crustacés proprement dits: 67-154, pls. 5-11. (F. G. Levrault, Paris).
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Basinotopiinae- Lillebælt Clay Fm (Eocene)-Trelde Naes, Denmark.
Collins, J.S. H. & Jakobsen, S.L., 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebælt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 30: 63-96.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Basinotopiinae- Lillebælt Clay Fm (Eocene)-Trelde Naes, Denmark.
Collins, J.S. H. & Jakobsen, S.L., 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebælt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 30: 63-96.
See Treatise 2012, Dromiacea and Guinot et al. 2013
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Late Albian (lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Bell, T., 1863. A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Pt. II, Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph, London: 1-40, 11 pls.
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae-Tithonian (upper Jurassic)-Kotouc quarry, Stramberk, Czech Republic.
Reuss, A. E. 1858 [imprint 1857]. Über kurzschwänzige Krebse im Jurakalke Mährens. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe) 31:5–13.
See Schweitzer&Feldmann, 2008 and Guinot et al. 2013-
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Fm. Margues de Forcall, Aptian (Lower Cretaceous)- Castelló province, Valencian Country, Spain.
García-Penas et al. (2023).
See also Ossó et al. (2025).
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Klompmaker et al., 2020. Systematics and convergent evolution of multiple reef-associated Jurassic and Cretaceous crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura). Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(2):a32. https://
doi.org/10.26879/1045
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae-Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Van Straelen, V. 1940. Crustacés Décapodes nouveaux du Crétacique de la Navarre. Bulletin du Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 16(4):1–5, pl. 1.
See Schweitzer&Feldmann, 2008 and Guinot et al. 2013-
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae-Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
See also: Schweitzer&Feldmann, 2008 and Guinot et al. 2013-
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Tithonian (Upper Jurassic)-Ogrodzieniec, Poland.
Beurlen, K., 1929. Untersuchungen über Prosoponiden. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie, und Paläontologie, (B, Geologie und Paläontologie) 1929: 125-142.
See Schweitzer&Feldmann, 2008 and Guinot et al. 2013-
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Tithonian (Upper Jurassic)-Ogrodzieniec, Poland.
Beurlen, K., 1929. Untersuchungen über Prosoponiden. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie, und Paläontologie, (B, Geologie und Paläontologie) 1929: 125-142.
See Schweitzer&Feldmann, 2008 and Guinot et al. 2013-
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Tithonian (upper Jurassic)-Kotouc quarry, Stramberk, Czech Republic.
Schweitzer, C. & Feldmann, R., 2007. A new Classification for some Jurassic Brachyura (Crustacea:Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromioidea): families Goniodromitidae Beurlen, 1932 and Tanidromitidae new family. Senckenbergiana lethaea 31.12.2007, Volume 87, Issue 2, pp 119-155
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae- Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Klompmaker, A.A., Feldmann, R.M., Schweitzer, C.E., 2012b. A hotspot for Cretaceous
goniodromitids (Decapoda, Brachyura) from reef associated strata in
Spain. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32, 780-801.
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae - Tithonian (upper Jurassic)-Kotouc quarry, Stramberk, Czech Republic.
Patrulius, D., 1966. Les Décapodes du Tithonique inférieur de Woźniki (Carpates Polonaises Occidentales).– Annales de la Société Géologique du Pologne, 34: 495-517, pls. 30, 31.
See Treatise, 2012 and Guinot et al., 2013
Dromiidae, Goniodromitiniae-Aptian (Lower Cretaceous)-Baix Ebre, Catalonia.
Ossó et al., 2018. A new decapod crustacean assemblage from the lower Aptian of La Cova del Vidre (Baix Ebre, province of Tarragona, Catalonia).Cretaceous Research 92 (2018) 94-107
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae -Craie glauconieus, Cenomanian- Petreval, France.
Bell, T., 1863. A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Pt. II, Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph, London: 1-40, 11 pls
See Treatise, 2012 and Guinot et al., 2013
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae
Wright, C.W. & Wright, E. V., 1950. Some dromiacean crabs from the English Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 61: 13-27, pl. 1.
Schweitzer, C. E., & R. M. Feldmann. 2008a [imprint 2007], A new classification for some Jurassic Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromioidea): Families Goniodromitidae Beurlen, 1932 and Tanidromitidae new family. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 87:119–156.
Dromiidae, Goniodromitinae - Albian (lower Cretaceous) -Bar-le-Duc, France.
Wright, C.W. & Wright, E. V., 1950. Some dromiacean crabs from the English Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 61: 13-27, pl. 1.
Schweitzer, C. E., & R. M. Feldmann. 2008a [imprint 2007], A new classification for some Jurassic Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromioidea): Families Goniodromitidae Beurlen, 1932 and Tanidromitidae new family. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 87:119–156.
Dynomenidae, Paradynomenidae-Wills Point Fm. (Paleocene) Mexia, Texas, USA.
Davidson, E., 1966, A new Paleocene crab from Texas. Journal of Paleontology; January 1966; v. 40; no. 1; p. 211-213.
See Guinot, 2008 and Treatise, 2012.
See also Armstrong et al., 2009
Dynomenidae, Paradynomenidae - Priabonian (upper Eocene)- Monti Berici, Vicenza region, Italy
See Guinot, 2008 and Treatise, 2012.
Dynomenidae, Paradynomenidae - Lutetian (middle Eocene)- Chiampo Valley, Vicenza, Italy.
Beschin, C., Busulini, A., De Angeli, A., Tessier, G., 2002, Aggiornamento ai crostacei di cava “Main” di Arzignano (Vicenza – Italia settentrionale) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Studi e Ricerche – Associazione Amici del Museo – Museo Civico “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza), 2002:7-28.
See Guinot, 2008
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae- Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Roemer, F.A., 1887. Graptocarcinus texanus, ein Brachyure aus der Kreide von Texas.Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie, und Paläontologie 1887, 173e176.
Klompmaker, A. 2013., Extreme diversity of decapod crustaceans from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) of Spain: Implications for Cretaceous decapod paleoecology.Cretaceous Research 41 (2013). pp. 150-185
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae -?Santonian-?Navarra, Spain.
Roemer, F.A., 1887. Graptocarcinus texanus, ein Brachyure aus der Kreide von Texas.Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie, und Paläontologie 1887, 173e176.
Klompmaker, A. 2013., Extreme diversity of decapod crustaceans from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) of Spain: Implications for Cretaceous decapod paleoecology.Cretaceous Research 41 (2013). pp. 150-185
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae- Late Albian(lower Cretaceous)-Olazagutía, Navarra, Spain.
Klompmaker, A. 2013., Extreme diversity of decapod crustaceans from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) of Spain: Implications for Cretaceous decapod paleoecology.Cretaceous Research 41 (2013). pp. 150-185
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae - Santonian(upper Cretaceous)- Prepyrenean mountains, Lleida, Catalonia.
van Bakel, B.W.M., Guinot, D., Corral, J.C. & Artal, P., 2012. Graptocarcininae n. subfam., an extinct subfamily of Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3534: 40–52
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae-Santonian (upper Cretaceous)- Montsec, Lleida, Catalonia.
See: Jagt, J.W.M., Fraaije, R.H.B., Van Bakel, B.W.M. & Artal, P., 2010., Necrocarcinus ornatissimus Forir, 1887, and Prehepatus werneri Fraaye & Collins, 1987 (upper Maastrichtian, the Netherlands) revisited, with notes on other Cretaceous dynomenid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura). In: Castro, P., Davie, P.J.F., Ng, P.K.L. & Richer de Forges, B. (Eds.), Studies on Brachyura: a homage to Danièle Guinot. Crustaceana Monographs, 11, 173–195.
Dynomenidae, Graptocarcininae- Maastrich Fm., Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous)- Valkenburg, the Netherlands.
Collins, Fraaye & Jagt, 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 40 (2): 165-210, 12 figs.
?Dynomenidae, ?Diaulacinae - Santonian (upper Cretaceous)- Vancouver Island, Canada.
Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., Fam, J.M. W.A. Hessin, . Hetrick, S.W., Nyborg,, T.G. & Ross, R.L.M, 2003, Cretaceous and Eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: NRC Research Press. 66 pp
See Treatise, 2012 and Guinot et al., 2013
?Dynomenidae, ?Diaulacinae - Santonian (upper Cretaceous)- Vancouver Island, Canada.
Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., Fam, J.M. W.A. Hessin, . Hetrick, S.W., Nyborg,, T.G. & Ross, R.L.M, 2003, Cretaceous and Eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: NRC Research Press. 66 pp
see Treatise, 2012 and Guinot et al., 2013
?Dynomenidae, ?Diaulacinae - Santonian (upper Cretaceous)- Vancouver Island, Canada.
Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., Fam, J.M. W.A. Hessin, . Hetrick, S.W., Nyborg,, T.G. & Ross, R.L.M, 2003, Cretaceous and Eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: NRC Research Press. 66 pp
See Treatise, 2012 and Guinot et al., 2013
Incertae sedis, ?Dynomenidae - Ypresian (lower Eocene) - Monte Magré, Vicenza region, Italy.
Bittner, A.,, 1883., Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Brachyuren-Fauna des Alttertiärs von Vicenza und Verona. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 46: 299-316, pl. 1.
See Treatise, 2012
Incertae sedis, ?Dynomenidae (even if it looks like a goniodromitid)- Ypresian (lower Eocene) - Monte Magré, Vicenza region, Italy.
Beschin,C., Busulini, A., De Angeli, A. & Tessier, G., 2007, .I Decapodi dell’Eocene Inferiore di Contrada Gecchelina (Vicenza – Italia settentrionale) (Anomura e Brachiura). Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza), 2007: 9-76.
See Treatise 2012
Incertae sedis, ?Dynomenidae - Ypresian (lower Eocene) - Monte Magré, Vicenza region, Italy.
Beschin,C., Busulini, A., De Angeli, A. & Tessier, G., 2007, .I Decapodi dell’Eocene Inferiore di Contrada Gecchelina (Vicenza – Italia settentrionale) (Anomura e Brachiura). Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza), 2007: 9-76.
See Treatise 2012
Incertae sedis, ?Dynomenidae - Ypresian (lower Eocene) - Monte Magré, Vicenza region, Italy.
Beschin,C., Busulini, A., De Angeli, A. & Tessier, G., 2007, .I Decapodi dell’Eocene Inferiore di Contrada Gecchelina (Vicenza – Italia settentrionale) (Anomura e Brachiura). Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza), 2007: 9-76.
See Treatise 2012
Incertae sedis, ?Dynomenidae - Ypresian (lower Eocene) - Valrobina, Vicenza region, Italy.
Checchia-Rispoli, G., 1905., I Crostacei dell’Eocene dei dintorni di Monreale in provincia di Palermo. Giornale della Societa Scienze Naturale e Economiche di Palermo, 25: 309-325,1 pl.
See Treatise 2012