Aeger
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota),[3] and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous.[2] A total of 21 species are known, which makes this the most diverse genus in the family Aegeridae.[1][3]
| Aeger Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Aeger elegans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Aeger Münster, 1839 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 [2] | |
Species
As of 2022, this is a complete list of species in the genus.[4][5][3]
- Aeger brevirostris Van Straelen, 1923
- Aeger brodiei Woodward, 1888
- Aeger elegans Münster, 1839
- Aeger elongatus Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger foersteri Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger fraconicus Förster, 1980
- Aeger gracilis Förster & Crane, 1984
- Aeger hidalguensis Feldmann et al., 2007
- Aeger insignis Oppel, 1862
- Aeger laevis (Blake, 1876)
- Aeger lehmanni (Langenhan, 1910)
- Aeger libanensis Roger, 1946
- Aeger luxii Huang et al., 2013[5]
- Aeger macropus Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger marderi Woodward, 1866
- Aeger muensteri Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger robustus Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger rostrospinatus Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990
- Aeger spinipes (Desmarest, 1822)
- Aeger straeleni Glaessner, 1929
- Aeger tipularius (Schlotheim, 1822) (=A. armatus Oppel, 1862)
