Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Parent taxon: Dromioidea according to P. Artal et al. 2022
See also Franţescu et al. 2011, Quayle and Collins 1981, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Diaulacidae, Dynomenidae, Sphaerodromiidae, Xandarocarcinidae
Subtaxa: Austrodromidia Basadromia Basinotopinae Costadromia Cryptodromia Dromia Dromidia Dromidiopsis Dromiidarum Dromiinae Dromilites Epigodromia Epipedodromia Fultodromia Haledromia Hypoconchinae Kerepesia Kierionopsis Pseudodromilites Quinquerugatus Stimdromia Tumidodromia
Type: Dromia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Hungary (6), Malta (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Italy (5)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Denmark (1), Italy (7), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 50 collections including 65 occurrences