Palaeopentacheles

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Palaeopentacheles
Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Polychelida
Superfamily: Eryonoidea
Family: †Palaeopentachelidae
Ahyong, 2009[3]
Genus: †Palaeopentacheles
von Knebel, 1907[2]
Type species
†Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri[2]
(Münster, 1839)[4]
Other species[2]
  • †Palaeopentacheles starri Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2001

Palaeopentacheles is an extinct genus of decapods that is the sole member of the family Palaeopentachelidae[3] and lived in what is now modern day Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) as well as the United States (Washington) from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch to the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene Epoch.[1]

It contains two species, Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri (the type species) and Palaeopentacheles starri.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Palaeopentacheles in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b c d "Palaeopentacheles von Knebel, 1907 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Palaeopentachelidae Ahyong, 2009 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri (Münster, 1839) †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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  • Media related to Palaeopentacheles at Wikimedia Commons
  • Media related to Palaeopentachelidae at Wikimedia Commons
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