Aeger libanensis

Aeger libanensis; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Aeger libanensis from Liban
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	†Aegeridae
Genus:	†Aeger
Species:	†A. libanensis
Binomial name
	†Aeger libanensis; Roger 1946

Aeger libanensis is a species of fossil prawn belonging to the family Aegeridae. These prawns had very long pereiopods.

Fossil record

Fossils of Aeger libanensis are found in the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) marine outcrops at Hjoula and Mayfouq in Lebanon (age range: from 93.9 to 100.5 million years ago.).

Bibliography

Alessandro Garassino The macraran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon
Roger (J.), 1946 - Les invertébrés des couches à poissons du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, t. 23, mém. 51, p. 1-92
Víctor M. Bravo-Cuevas, Katia A. González-Rodríguez, Carlos Esquivel-Macías, Christopher Fielitz Advances on Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Muhi Quarry from the Mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, Central Mexico

References

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[1] GBIF

[2] Paleobiology Database

Aeger libanensis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Aeger libanensis from Liban
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	†Aegeridae
Genus:	†Aeger
Species:	†A. libanensis
Binomial name
†Aeger libanensis Roger 1946