†order Palaeocaridacea Brooks 1962 (arthropod)
Malacostraca - Palaeocaridacea
Parent taxon: Syncarida according to F. R. Schram 1979
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Hegna et al. 2020 and Schram and Schram 1979
Sister taxa: Anaspididae, Bathynellacea, Triasocaris
Subtaxa: Acanthotelsonidae Palaeocarididae Pleurocarididae Squillitidae Uronectidae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (8 collections)
• Carboniferous of France (3), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: Illinois, New Mexico)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences