Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: A. Garassino and S. Bravi. 2003. Palaemon antonellae new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the lower Cretaceous "Platydolomite" of Profeti (Caserta, Italy). Journal of Paleontology 77(3):589-592

Belongs to Palaemon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Garassino and Bravi 2003

Sister taxa: Palaemon debilis, Palaemon dolospina, Palaemon exul, Palaemon fabricii, Palaemon intermedius, Palaemon litoreus, Palaemon macrodactylus, Palaemon mortuus, Palaemon serenus, Palaemon vesolensis

Type specimen: University of Naples Geology Department PrC24, an exoskeleton (incomplete exoskeleton). Its type locality is Profeti Platydolomite, which is in an Aptian marine limestone/dolomite in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Profeti Platydolomite

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