Family Potamidae Ortmann 1896 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamidae
Parent taxon: Potamoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2020
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Potamonautidae
Subtaxa: Alontecarcinus Potaminae Potamiscinae
Type: Potamon
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (2 collections), Israel (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Slovakia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), India (2), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (8), Israel (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (2), Turkey (3), Uganda (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences