Ifasya

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Ifasya
Temporal range: Lower Triassic
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Fossils of Ifasya madagascariensis
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Ifasya

Garassino & Teruzzi, 1995

Ifasya is an extinct genus of prawn. It contains the species Ifasya madagascariensis and Ifasya straelini, and was named in 1995 by Alessandro Garassino and Giorgio Teruzzi. It existed in Madagascar during the Lower Triassic period. [1]

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References

  1. Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini & Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Macrurans (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of the Ambilobé area (NW Madagascar)". Contributions to Zoology . 72 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2010-01-24.