Journal of Paleontology; February 2004; v. 78; no. 2;
p. 340-348; DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0340:TPDPGI>2.0.CO;2
© 2004 Paleontological Society
THE PRESUMED DECAPOD, PALAEOPEMPHIX GEMMELLARO, 1890, IS A UNIQUE MEMBER OF THE PHYLLOCARIDA (PALAEOPEMPHICIDA: PALAEOPEMPHIDAE)
RODNEY M. FELDMANN1,
ALESSANDRO A. GARASSINO2 and
CARRIE E. SCHWEITZER3
1 Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, <rfeldman{at}kent.edu>,
2 Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milano, Italy, <a.garassino{at}tin.it>,
3 Department of Geology, Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton, Ohio 44720, <cschweit{at}kent.edu>
Reevaluation of 21 specimens of Permian crustaceans from near Palermo, Italy, referred to Palaeopemphix Gemmellaro, 1890, has resulted in transfer of the genus from the decapod Crustacea to a new suborder, the Palaeopemphida, and a new superfamily, Palaeopemphidae, of the archaeostracan Phyllocarida.
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