Gorgonophontidae is a family of fossil mantis shrimps which lived from the Moscovian to Gzhelian stages of the Carboniferous period. It was erected in 2007 as a monotypic group by Frederick Schram to contain only the type genus Gorgonophontes (which it is named after).[1] A second genus, Chabardella, was assigned to the family in 2009.[2] Fossils of gorgonophontids have been found in France, Belgium and the United States. The family may be polyphyletic.[3]
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| 3D reconstruction of Gorgonophontes fraiponti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Stomatopoda |
| Suborder: | †Archaeostomatopodea |
| Family: | †Gorgonophontidae Schram, 2007 |
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References edit
- ^ Schram, Frederick R. (2007). "Paleozoic Proto-Mantis Shrimp Revisited". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 895–916. Bibcode:2007JPal...81..895S. doi:10.1666/pleo05-075.1. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 4498847. S2CID 85606671.
- ^ Racheboeuf, Patrick R.; Schram, Frederick R.; Vidal, Muriel (2009). "New Malacostracan Crustacea from the Carboniferous (Stephanian) Lagerstätte of Montceau-Les-Mines, France". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (4): 624–629. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..624R. doi:10.1666/08-171R.1. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 29739132. S2CID 130784496.
- ^ 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.
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