†order Palaeocaridacea Brooks 1962 (arthropod)
Malacostraca - Palaeocaridacea
Parent taxon: Syncarida according to F. R. Schram 1979
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Hegna et al. 2020 and Schram and Schram 1979
Sister taxa: Acanthotelsonidae, Anaspididae, Bathynellacea, Triasocaris
Subtaxa: Palaeocarididae Pleurocarididae Squillitidae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Illinois)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences