Propalaemon Woodward 1903 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1903. On some fossil prawns from the Osborne Beds of the Isle of Wight. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 10:97-99

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Propalaemon longispinata Propalaemon osborniensis

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Type: Propalaemon osborniensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences

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