Cretasergestes
Extinct genus of crustaceans
Cretasergestes Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Sergestidae |
Genus: | Cretasergestes |
Species: | C. sahelalmaensis |
Binomial name | |
Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis Garassino & Schweigert, 2006 |
Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis is an extinct species of prawn which existed in Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous period, the only species in the genus Cretasergestes.[1]
References
- ^ Alessandro Garassino & Günter Schweigert (2006). "Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Sergestidae) and Cancrinos libanensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon". Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano. 147. ISSN 0037-8844.
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