Malacostraca - Palaeocaridacea - Palaeocarididae
Alternative spelling: Palaeocaridae
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1865. Notice of some new types of organic remains from the Coal Measures of Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17:41-53
Parent taxon: Palaeocaridacea according to V. Perrier et al. 2006
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Meek and Worthen 1865 and Schram 1979
Sister taxa: Pleurocarididae, Squillitidae
Subtaxa: Minicaris Palaeocaris Palaeosyncaris
Type: Palaeocaris
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Illinois)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence