Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae
Synonyms: Anchistioididae Borradaile 1915, Drimoidae Ortmann 1896, Gnathophyllidae Dana 1852, Hymenoceridae Ortmann 1890, Kakaducarididae Bruce 1993
Parent taxon: Palaemonoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Garassino and Bravi 2003, Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Desmocarididae, Euryrhynchidae, Palaemoninae, Pontoniinae, Typhlocarididae
Subtaxa: Alburnia Bahiacaris Bechleja Beurlenia Gnathophylloides Gnathophyllum Kellnerius Micropsalis Palaemon Palaemonetes Parapalaemonetes Propalaemon Pseudocaridinella Schmelingia Yongjiacaris
Type: Palaemon
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3), China (1), Italy (3)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
Total: 13 collections including 19 occurrences