Pleopteryxidae

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Pleopteryxidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic (Tithonian) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily:† Pleopteryxoidea
Family:† Pleopteryxidae
Schweigert & Garassino, 2006 [1]

Pleopteryxidae is an extinct family of true shrimp from the Late Jurassic [1] that is the sole member of Pleopteryxoidea. [2] It contains one genus, Pleopteryx . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pleopteryxidae in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ "Pleopteryxoidea Schweigert & Garassino, 2006 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ "Pleopteryxidae Schweigert & Garassino, 2006 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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