†Pelorophontes mayi Schweitzer and Schram 2025 (mantis shrimp)
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Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Gorgonophontidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and F. R. Schram. 2025. New genus and species of Stomatopoda (Malacostraca: Hoplocarida: Gorgonophontidae) from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 45(1):11
Belongs to Pelorophontes according to C. E. Schweitzer and F. R. Schram 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM PAL 796846, an exoskeleton
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pelorophontes mayi in the database
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