Albertoppelia
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Albertoppelia kuempeli fossil, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. | |
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Genus: | Albertoppelia Schweigert & Garassino, 2003
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Species: | A. kuempeli
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Albertoppelia kuempeli Schweigert & Garassino, 2003
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Albertoppelia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed during the Late Jurassic period, named after Albert Oppel. It contains the single species Abertoppelia kuempeli.[1] Fossils of Albertoppelia were recovered from the Eichstätt Formation (Solnhofen Group) in Bavaria, Germany.[citation needed]
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- ^ [1]Günter Schweigert & Alessandro Garassino (2004). "New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany" (PDF). Ser. B. 350: 33 pp.
Categories:
- Penaeidae
- Jurassic crustaceans
- Decapoda stubs
- Jurassic animal stubs