Archaeoniscus

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Archaeoniscus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous
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Archaeoniscidae

Haack, 1918
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Archaeoniscus

Milne-Edwards, 1843

Archaeoniscus is a genus of prehistoric isopods, containing three species:

  • Archaeoniscus aranguthyorum Feldmann, Vega, Applegate & Bishop, 1998
  • Archaeoniscus brodiei Milne-Edwards, 1843
  • Archaeoniscus texanus Wieder & Feldmann, 1992

A. aranguthyorum is known from late Albian age rocks from Mexico, A. brodiei is known from Late Jurassic rocks in Europe, and A. texanus is known from the Late Cretaceous of Texas.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Francisco J. Vega; Niel L. Bruce; Lourdes Serrano; Gale A. Bishop; María del Carmen Perrilliat (2005). "A review of the Lower Cretaceous (Tlayúa Formation: Albian) Crustacea from Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Central Mexico" (PDF). . 32: 25–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

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