Sculdidae

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.^[1] Fossils of sculdids have been found in Germany, Lebanon and the United States. The family may be polyphyletic.^[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Malacostraca

Order:Stomatopoda

Suborder:Unipeltata

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

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