Hakelocaris

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Hakelocaris
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Hakelocaris
Species:
H. vavassorii
Binomial name
Hakelocaris vavassorii
Garassino, 1994

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]

Fauna and depositional environment of the coeval Hakel and Hjoula localities, including Hakelocaris Fauna of Haqel and Hjoula.png
Fauna and depositional environment of the coeval Hakel and Hjoula localities, including Hakelocaris

These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age. [1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 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).
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database


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