Aeger

Aeger
Temporal range:
Aeger elegans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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 Early Triassic (Paris biota), and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous. A total of 21 species are known.

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