Albertoppelia Temporal range: Upper Jurassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Albertoppelia Schweigert & Garassino, 2003 |
Species: | A. kuempeli |
Binomial name | |
Albertoppelia kuempeli Schweigert & Garassino, 2003 |
Albertoppelia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed during the Upper Jurassic period, named after Albert Oppel. It contains the single species Abertoppelia kuempeli.[1]