Aegeridae

Aegeridae
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous
Aeger elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily: Penaeoidea
Family: Aegeridae
Burkenroad, 1963 [1]
Genera

Aegeridae is a family of fossil prawns.[1] It contains two genera,[1] Aeger and Acanthochirana.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. Rodney M. Feldmann; Francisco J. Vega; Leticia Martinez-Lopez; Katia A. González-Rodríguez; Oscar González-León; María Del Rosario Fernández-Barajas (2007). "Crustacean from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) from Mexico". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 76 (3): 145–156. doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[145:CFTMQA]2.0.CO;2.
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