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Superfamily Palaemonoidea Rafinesque 1815 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acanthinopus, Alcmonacaris, Alpheoidea, Atyoidea, Bavaricaris, Blaculla, Bresilioidea, Buergerocaris, Campylonotoidea, Crangonoidea, Ctenodusa, Galatheacaridoidea, Gampsurus, Leiothorax, Nematocarcinoidea, Oplophoroidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeidae, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocarididae, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Pleopteryxoidea, Procaridoidea, Processidae, Processoidea, Psalidopodidae, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Solteria, Stylodactyloidea, Venzia

Subtaxa: Desmocarididae Euryrhynchidae Palaemonidae Palaemoninae Pontoniinae Typhlocarididae

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Type: Palaemon

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (6), China (1), Italy (3)

• Triassic of Germany (1)

Total: 18 collections including 24 occurrences

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