Aeger

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]

For the king of the sea in Norse mythology, see Ægir.

Aeger
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous
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]

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
  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.
  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.


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