Antrimpos

Antrimpos
Temporal range: Triassic–Jurassic
Antrimpos speciosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Antrimpos
Münster, 1835

Antrimpos is an extinct genus of crustacean which existed during the Triassic and Jurassic periods.[1] It contains 15 species, including Antrimpos speciosus.[2]

References

  1. Carrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann & Iuliana Lazǎr (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.
  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.
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