| Schramidontus Temporal range: Famennian,
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| Genus: | †Schramidontus Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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| †Schramidontus labensis Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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Schramidontus is a genus of crustaceans from the Late Devonian period found in Strud, Belgium, closely related to Angustidontus and classified as part of the order Angustidontida. It is an important genus because of its position in the eumalacostracan family tree and the insight study of the genus may give of the origin of the Decapoda. The generic name derives from Frederick Schram, who helped the scientific community in the field of the Palaeozoic malacostracans and the suffix -idontus in relation to the similarities between Schramidontus and Angustidontus. The specific name is from Labas, a stream that flows near Strud quarry, where the genus was discovered.[1]