Albertoppelia

Albertoppelia
Temporal range:
Albertoppelia kuempeli fossil, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus:
Species:
A. kuempeli
Binomial name
Albertoppelia kuempeli
Schweigert & Garassino, 2003

Albertoppelia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed during the Late Jurassic period, named after Albert Oppel. It contains the single species Abertoppelia kuempeli.[1] Fossils of Albertoppelia were recovered from the Eichstätt Formation (Solnhofen Group) in Bavaria, Germany.

References

  1. ^ [1]Günter Schweigert & Alessandro Garassino (2004). "New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Ser. B. 350: 33 pp.
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