Aeger

Aeger; Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Aeger elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily:	Penaeoidea
Family:	†Aegeridae
Genus:	†Aeger; Münster, 1839 [1]
Type species
	Macrourites tipularius; Schlotheim, 1822 [2]

Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Middle Triassic, and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous.[2] A total of 20 species are known.[1]

Species

Aeger brevirostris
Aeger brodiei
Aeger elegans
Aeger elongatus
Aeger foersteri
Aeger fraconicus
Aeger gracilis
Aeger hidalguensis
Aeger insignis
Aeger laevis
Aeger lehmanni
Aeger libanensis
Aeger macropus
Aeger marderi
Aeger muensteri
Aeger robustus
Aeger rostrospinatus
Aeger spinipes
Aeger straeleni
Aeger tipularius

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References

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Iuliana Lažar (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

Paleobiology Database entry

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[Grave-1] 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[SFL-2] Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Iuliana Lažar (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-10.