Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, S. Yanbin, F. R. Schram, and R. S. Taylor. 2002. Yongjicaris zhejiangensis n. gen. n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (22)

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

See also Garassino et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Alburnia, Bahiacaris, Bechleja, Beurlenia, Kellnerius, Micropsalis, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, Parapalaemonetes, Propalaemon, Pseudocaridinella, Schmelingia, Gnathophylloides, Gnathophyllum

Subtaxa: Yongjiacaris zhejiangensis

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Type: Yongjiacaris zhejiangensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at C Member, Moshishan (Cretaceous of China)

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