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 Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Hakelocaris |
| Species: | H. vavassorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakelocaris vavassorii Garassino, 1994 | |
These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]
References
- 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).
- Paleobiology Database
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