Palaeopalaemon is an extinct genus of the oldest lobster-like aquatic decapod crustaceans, containing the species Palaeopalaemon newberryi.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Palaeopalaemonidae Brooks, 1962 |
| Genus: | †Palaeopalaemon Whitfield, 1880 |
| Species: | †P. newberryi
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| †Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield, 1880
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References
edit- ^ Jones, Wade T.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Hannibal, Joseph T.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Garland, Marcus C.; Maguire, Evin P.; Tashman, Jessica N. (2018-05-17). "Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield, 1880 (Decapoda: Malacostraca)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38 (3): 302–314. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy022. ISSN 0278-0372.