Pleopteryx Schweigert and Garassino 2004 (shrimp)

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

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Type: Pleopteryx kuempeli

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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