Hakelocaris
Hakelocaris vavassorii Temporal range:
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Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon | |
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Genus: | Hakelocaris Garassino, 1994
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Species: | H. vavassorii
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Hakelocaris vavassorii Garassino, 1994
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Hakelocaris vavassorii is an extinct species of prawn belonging to the family Penaeidae. It was named in 1994 by , and is the only species in the genus Hakelocaris.[1]
These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Giuseppina Damiano; Alessandro Garassino; Stefano Scali; Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Morphometric analysis of extant Nephrops norvegicus (Linné, 1758) and Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1826) applied to systematic palaeontology of fossil decapod crustaceans". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
- ^ Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Penaeidae
- Cretaceous crustaceans
- Monotypic arthropod genera
- Cretaceous animals of Asia
- Decapoda stubs