Gorgonophontidae

Gorgonophontidae Temporal range: Moscovian–Gzhelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
3D reconstruction of Gorgonophontes fraiponti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Suborder:	† Archaeostomatopodea
Family:	† Gorgonophontidae Schram, 2007
Genera
† Chabardella † Gorgonophontes

Gorgonophontidae is a family of fossil mantis shrimps which lived from the Moscovian to Gzhelian stages of the Carboniferous period. It was erected in 2007 as a monotypic group by Frederick Schram to contain only the type genus Gorgonophontes (which it is named after). ^[1] A second genus, Chabardella , was assigned to the family in 2009. ^[2] Fossils of gorgonophontids have been found in France, Belgium and the United States. The family may be polyphyletic. ^[3]

References

1. Schram, Frederick R. (2007). "Paleozoic Proto-Mantis Shrimp Revisited" . Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 895–916. Bibcode:2007JPal...81..895S. doi:10.1666/pleo05-075.1. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   4498847. S2CID   85606671.
2. Racheboeuf, Patrick R.; Schram, Frederick R.; Vidal, Muriel (2009). "New Malacostracan Crustacea from the Carboniferous (Stephanian) Lagerstätte of Montceau-Les-Mines, France". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (4): 624–629. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..624R. doi:10.1666/08-171R.1. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   29739132. S2CID   130784496.
3. Smith, C.P.A.; Aubier, P.; Charbonnier, S.; Laville, T.; Olivier, N.; Escarguel, G.; Jenks, J.F.; Bylund, K.G.; Fara, E.; Brayard, A. (2023-03-31). "Closing a major gap in mantis shrimp evolution – first fossils of Stomatopoda from the Triassic". Bulletin of Geosciences: 95–110. doi: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1864 . ISSN   1802-8225.