Acanthinopus

Acanthinopus; Temporal range: Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	† Acanthinopus ; Pinna, 1974
Species:	†A. gibbosus
Binomial name
	†Acanthinopus gibbosus; Pinna, 1974

Last updated January 15, 2026

Acanthinopus gibbosus is an extinct species of shrimp placed in its own genus, Acanthinopus, which has not been assigned to a family.^[1] It was found in Norian (Upper Triassic) sediments of the Zorzino Limestone in northern Italy.^[2]

References

↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
↑ Alessandro Garassino; Sergio Bravi (2003). "Palaemon antonellae new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the lower Cretaceous "Platydolomite" of Profeti (Caserta, Italy)". Journal of Paleontology . 77 (3): 589–592. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0589:PANSCD>2.0.CO;2.

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[Grave-1] Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[2] Alessandro Garassino; Sergio Bravi (2003). "Palaemon antonellae new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the lower Cretaceous "Platydolomite" of Profeti (Caserta, Italy)". Journal of Paleontology . 77 (3): 589–592. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0589:PANSCD>2.0.CO;2.

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