Aeger Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous |
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Aeger elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
Family: | †Aegeridae |
Genus: |
†Aeger Münster, 1839 |
Type species | |
Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 |
Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Middle Triassic, and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous. A total of 20 species are known.