Acanthochirana

Acanthochirana
Temporal range: Jurassic
Acanthochirana longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Aegeridae
Genus: Acanthochirana
Strand, 1928 [1]

Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.[2] It was named by Strand in 1928, and contains five species,[1] including Acanthochirana cordata.[3] They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 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. W. Dall (1990). The Biology of the Penaeidae. Advances in marine biology. Volume 27. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-026127-7.
  3. Creepy Crawlies: Ladybugs, Lobsters & Other Amazing Arthropods. Sterling Publishing Company. 1991. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8069-8336-3.
  4. Walter Etter (2004). "Decapod crustaceans from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland, with comments on crustacean taphonomy" (PDF). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 97 (3): 381–392. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1137-2.

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