Albertoppelia
Extinct genus of crustaceans
Albertoppelia Temporal range: Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Albertoppelia kuempeli fossil, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Albertoppelia |
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.[citation needed]
References
- ^ [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.[permanent dead link]
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