Aeger tipularius

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Aeger tipularius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Aeger tipularius (fossil shrimp) Solnhofen Limestone.jpg
Aeger tipularius from the Solnhofen Limestone
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A. tipularius
Binomial name
Aeger tipularius
Schlotheim, 1822

Aeger tipularius is a species of fossil prawn from the Solnhofen limestone. [1]

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References

  1. Carrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann & Iuliana Lazǎr (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum . 35: 1–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2014-06-14.


Aeger tipularius holotype, drawing by Schlotheim, 1822 Aeger tipularius Schlotheim, 1822.jpg
Aeger tipularius holotype, drawing by Schlotheim, 1822