Aeger
For the king of the sea in Norse mythology, see Ægir.
| Aeger Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
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| Aeger elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Aeger Münster, 1839 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 [2] | |
Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Middle Triassic, and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous.[2] A total of 20 species are known.[1]
Species
- Aeger brevirostris
- Aeger brodiei
- Aeger elegans
- Aeger elongatus
- Aeger foersteri
- Aeger fraconicus
- Aeger gracilis
- Aeger hidalguensis
- Aeger insignis
- Aeger laevis
- Aeger lehmanni
- Aeger libanensis
- Aeger macropus
- Aeger marderi
- Aeger muensteri
- Aeger robustus
- Aeger rostrospinatus
- Aeger spinipes
- Aeger straeleni
- Aeger tipularius
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann & Iuliana Lažar (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35: 1–14.