Palaeopentacheles

Palaeopentacheles is an extinct genus of decapods that is the sole member of the family Palaeopentachelidae^[2] and lived in what is now modern day Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) as well as the United States (Washington) from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch to the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene Epoch.^[1]

Palaeopentacheles Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Oligocene (Kimmeridgian-Rupelian)[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Polychelida
Superfamily:	Eryonoidea
Family:	†Palaeopentachelidae Ahyong, 2009[2]
Genus:	†Palaeopentacheles von Knebel, 1907[3]
Type species
†Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri[3] (Münster, 1839)[4]
Other species[3]
†Palaeopentacheles starri Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2001

It contains two species, Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri (the type species) and Palaeopentacheles starri.^[1][3]