Longitergite

Longitergite
Temporal range: Lower Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Longitergite
Garassino & Teruzzi, 1996

Longitergite is an extinct genus of prawn which existed in Russia during the Lower Miocene period.[1] It contains a single species.[2]

References

  1. ^ A. Garassino & G. Teruzzi (1996). "The genera Longitergite nov. and Bannikovia nov. in the Lower Miocene of N. Caucasus (Russia) (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Atti Società italiana Scienze naturali Museo civico Storia naturale Milano 136: 13–14. 
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.