Paleomattea

Paleomattea; Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Sergestidae
Genus:	† Paleomattea ; Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995
Species:	†P. deliciosa
Binomial name
	†Paleomattea deliciosa; Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995

Last updated January 15, 2026

Paleomattea is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species Paleomattea deliciosa.^[1] The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish Rhacolepis , which is referred to by the specific epithet deliciosa ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where mattea means "delicacy".^[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. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
↑ John G. Maisey & Maria da Gloria P de Carvalho (1995). "First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3132): 1–20.

This Dendrobranchiata article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[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. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

[2] John G. Maisey & Maria da Gloria P de Carvalho (1995). "First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3132): 1–20.

[1]

[2]