Aeger
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| 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] | |
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]
