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
Type: Propalaemon osborniensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences
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