Aeger
Extinct genus of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the king of the sea in Norse mythology, see Ægir.
Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota),[3] and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous.[2] A total of 21 species are known.[1]
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Aeger | |
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Aeger elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
Family: | †Aegeridae |
Genus: | †Aeger Münster, 1839 [1] |
Type species | |
Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 [2] |
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