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The Late Devonian Palaeopalaemonidae and the earliest decapod crustaceans
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A detailed study of the anatomy leads to the conclusion that P. newberryi is the earliest recognized decapod eucarid crustacean with characters of both the glypheoidean palinurans and astacideans.Abstract:
A reexamination of all available palaeopalaemonid specimens, of the genus Palaeopa- laemon, and material of Bellocaris newfoundlandensis Fong, 1972, is presented. The four described species of Palaeopalaemon are synonymized as one, P. newberryi Whitfield, 1880. A detailed study of the anatomy leads to the conclusion that P. newberryi is the earliest recognized decapod eucarid crustacean with characters of both the glypheoidean palinurans and astacideans. Bellocaris is not a paleopalaemonid but a pygocephalomorph mysidacean peracarid, closely related to Pygocephalus.read more
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