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Palaeopalaemon

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Palaeopalaemon
Temporal range: 376.1–360.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Palaeopalaemonidae
Brooks, 1962
Genus: Palaeopalaemon
Whitfield, 1880
Species:
P. newberryi
Binomial name
Palaeopalaemon newberryi
Whitfield, 1880

Palaeopalaemon is an extinct genus of the oldest lobster-like aquatic decapod crustaceans, containing the species Palaeopalaemon newberryi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Wade T.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Hannibal, Joseph T.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Garland, Marcus C.; Maguire, Evin P.; Tashman, Jessica N. (2018-05-17). "Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield, 1880 (Decapoda: Malacostraca)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38 (3): 302–314. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy022. ISSN 0278-0372.