Ambilobeia

Ambilobeia
Temporal range: Olenekian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Ambilobeia
Garassino & Pasini, 2002
Species: A. karajoi
Binomial name
Ambilobeia karajoi
Garassino & Pasini, 2002

Ambilobeia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed in Ambilobé, Madagascar during the Triassic period.[1] It contains the species Ambilobeia karojoi.[2]

References

  1. "Triassic Fossil Shrimp". The Virtual Fossil Museum. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  2. Alessandro Garassino & Giovanni Pasini (2002). "Studies on Permo–Trias of Madagascar. 5. Ambilobeia karojoi n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Ambilobé region (NW Madagascar)" (PDF). Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del Museo civico di storia naturale in Milano 143 (1): 95–102.
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