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Family of crustaceans

Sculdidae
Temporal range: Tithonian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Sculda pennata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Suborder: Unipeltata
Family: †Sculdidae
Dames, 1886
Genera

Sculdidae is a family of fossil mantis shrimps which lived from the late Jurassic to late Cretaceous periods. It was erected in 1886 to contain the type genus Sculda (which it is named after), and other genera have since been assigned to it. Fossils of sculdids have been found in Germany, Lebanon and the United States. The family may be polyphyletic.

References

  1. Dames, W. (1886-01-01). "Ueber einige Crustaceen aus den Kreideablagerungen des Libanon". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (in German): 551–576.
  2. Smith, C.P.A.; Aubier, P.; Charbonnier, S.; Laville, T.; Olivier, N.; Escarguel, G.; Jenks, J.F.; Bylund, K.G.; Fara, E.; Brayard, A. (2023-03-31). "Closing a major gap in mantis shrimp evolution – first fossils of Stomatopoda from the Triassic". Bulletin of Geosciences: 95–110. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1864. ISSN 1802-8225.
Taxon identifiers
Sculdidae
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