Hakelocaris

Hakelocaris vavassorii is an extinct species of prawn belonging to the family Penaeidae. It was named in 1994 by Alessandro Garassino, and is the only species in the genus Hakelocaris.[1]

Hakelocaris vavassorii
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Dendrobranchiata
Family:
Penaeidae
Genus:
Hakelocaris

Garassino, 1994
Species:
H. vavassorii
Binomial name
Hakelocaris vavassorii
Garassino, 1994

These prawns lived during the Cenomanian period.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]

References
  1. 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).
  2. Paleobiology Database


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