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Family Oplophoridae Dana 1852 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oplophoridae

Parent taxon: Oplophoroidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Acanthephyridae

Subtaxa: Hymenodora Meningodora Notostomus Oplophorus Stystellaspis Systellapsis Tonellocaris

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Type: Oplophorus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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