Editing Caridea (section)

==Fossil record==
The [[fossil record]] of the Caridean is sparse, with only 57 exclusively fossil species known.<ref name="Grave"/> The earliest of these cannot be assigned to any family, but date from the [[Lower Jurassic]] and [[Cretaceous]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5471/2/SCtZ-0131-Lo_res.pdf |title=Two new caridean shrimps, one representing a new family, from marine pools on Ascension Island (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia) |author=[[Fenner A. Chace Jr.]] & [[Raymond B. Manning]] |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |year=1972 |volume=131 |issue=131 |pages=18 pp |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.131}}</ref> A number of extinct genera cannot be placed in any superfamily:<ref name="Grave"/>
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*''[[Acanthinopus]]'' <small>Pinna, 1974</small>
*''[[Alcmonacaris]]'' <small>Polz, 2009</small>
*''[[Bannikovia]]'' <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1996</small>
*''[[Blaculla]]'' <small>Münster, 1839</small>
*''[[Buergerocaris]]'' <small>Schweigert & Garassino, 2004</small>
*''[[Gampsurus]]'' <small>von der Marck, 1863</small>
*''[[Hefriga]]'' <small>Münster, 1839</small>
*''[[Leiothorax]]'' <small>Pinna, 1974</small>
*''[[Parvocaris]]'' <small>Bravi & Garassino, 1998</small>
*''[[Pinnacaris]]'' <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993</small>
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