Parapalaemonetes Brandt and Schulz 2013 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: S. Brandt and M. Schulz. 2013. Zwei neue natante Dekapoden aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk (Mittel-Trias, Ladin) des Germanischen Beckens - Antrimpos germanicus n. sp. und Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus n. gen. n. sp. Vernate 32:67-95

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

See also Brandt and Schulz 2013

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

Subtaxa: Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus

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Type: Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Temporary outcrop on A4 between Bucha and Schorba (Triassic of Germany)

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