†Pleopteryx Schweigert and Garassino 2004 (shrimp)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pleopteryxidae
Full reference: G. Schweigert and A. Garassino. 2004. New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde 1-33
Parent taxon: Pleopteryxidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Pleopteryx kuempeli
Type: Pleopteryx kuempeli
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)
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