Longitergite

Longitergite
Temporal range: Lower Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Longitergite
Garassino & Teruzzi, 1996

Longitergite is an extinct genus of prawn which existed in Russia during the Lower Miocene period.[1] It contains a single species.[2]

References

  1. A. Garassino & G. Teruzzi (1996). "The genera Longitergite nov. and Bannikovia nov. in the Lower Miocene of N. Caucasus (Russia) (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Atti Società italiana Scienze naturali Museo civico Storia naturale Milano. 136: 13–14.
  2. 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.


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