Gorgonophontidae

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]

Gorgonophontidae Temporal range: Moscovian–Gzhelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
3D reconstruction of Gorgonophontes fraiponti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Stomatopoda
Suborder:	†Archaeostomatopodea
Family:	†Gorgonophontidae Schram, 2007
Genera
†Chabardella †Gorgonophontes