Superfamily Pleopteryxoidea Schweigert and Garassino 2004 (shrimp)
Parent taxon: Caridea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthinopus, Alcmonacaris, Alpheoidea, Atyoidea, Blaculla, Bresilioidea, Buergerocaris, Campylonotoidea, Crangonoidea, Galatheacaridoidea, Gampsurus, Hefriga, Leiothorax, Nematocarcinoidea, Oplophoroidea, Palaemonoidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Procaridoidea, Processoidea, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Stylodactyloidea
Subtaxa: Pleopteryxidae
Type: Pleopteryx
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)