Oplophorus Milne-Edwards 1837 (shrimp)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oplophoridae
Parent taxon: Oplophoridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthephyra, Hymenodora, Meningodora, Notostomus, Odontochelion, Stystellaspis, Systellapsis, Tonellocaris
Subtaxa: Oplophorus marcki Oplophorus novaezeelandiae Oplophorus rosselli Oplophorus spinosus Oplophorus syriacus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)
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