Acanthochirana
Extinct genus of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.[3] It was named by E. Strand in 1928, and its type species is Acanthochirana cordata.[2][4] They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.[5]
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Acanthochirana | |
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Acanthochirana longipes | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | †Aegeridae |
Genus: | †Acanthochirana Strand, 1928 [1][2] |
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