Hoplocarida

Hoplocarida Temporal range: Upper Devonian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Kallidecthes richardsoni (Aeschronectida: Kallidecthidae)
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Hoplocarida Calman, 1904
Orders
Stomatopoda Aeschronectida † Palaeostomatopoda †

Hoplocarida is a subclass of crustaceans. The only extant members are the mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda), but two other orders existed in the Palaeozoic: Aeschronectida and Palaeostomatopoda.^[1]

References

1. Ronald A. Jenner, Cees H. J. Hof & Frederick R. Schram (1998). "Palaeo- and archaeostomatopods (Hoplocarida: Crustacea) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Mississippian (Namurian), of central Montana". Contributions to Zoology. 67 (3): 155–186. Retrieved 2010-01-20.