Litogaster

Litogaster; Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	† Litogastridae
Genus:	† Litogaster ; Meyer, 1847
Type species
	Litogaster obtusa; (Meyer, 1844)

Last updated August 24, 2025

Litogaster is a genus of extinct decapod crustaceans known only from fossils in the Triassic.^[1]

Species

The folllowing species are included as of 2022:^[1]

† Litogaster obtusa (Meyer, 1844) (=Litogaster ornataMeyer, 1851)
† Litogaster durlachensis Förster, 1967
†? Litogaster keuperinus Kuhn, 1939
† Litogaster limicola (König, 1920)
†? Litogaster luxoviensis Étallon, 1859
† Litogaster tiefenbachensis Assmann, 1927
† Litogaster tuberculata Assmann, 1927
† Litogaster turnbullensis Schram, 1971

References

1 2 Smith, Christopher P. A.; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Jenks, James F.; Bylund, Kevin G.; Escarguel, Gilles; Olivier, Nicolas; Fara, Emmanuel; Brayard, Arnaud (2022-06-06). "The Paris Biota decapod (Arthropoda) fauna and the diversity of Triassic decapods". Journal of Paleontology. 96 (6): 1235–1263. doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.34. ISSN 0022-3360.

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[Smith_et_al.-1] 1 2 Smith, Christopher P. A.; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Jenks, James F.; Bylund, Kevin G.; Escarguel, Gilles; Olivier, Nicolas; Fara, Emmanuel; Brayard, Arnaud (2022-06-06). "The Paris Biota decapod (Arthropoda) fauna and the diversity of Triassic decapods". Journal of Paleontology. 96 (6): 1235–1263. doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.34. ISSN 0022-3360.

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