Acanthochirana

Acanthochirana; Temporal range: Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Acanthochirana longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	†Aegeridae
Genus:	†Acanthochirana; Strand, 1928

Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.^[2] It was named by Strand in 1928, and contains five species,^[1] including Acanthochirana cordata.^[3] They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ W. Dall (1990). The Biology of the Penaeidae. Advances in marine biology. Volume 27. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-026127-7.
^ Creepy Crawlies: Ladybugs, Lobsters & Other Amazing Arthropods. Sterling Publishing Company. 1991. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8069-8336-3.
^ Walter Etter (2004). "Decapod crustaceans from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland, with comments on crustacean taphonomy" (PDF). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97 (3): 381–392. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1137-2.

External links

Acanthochirana at the Paleobiology Database
Media related to Acanthochirana at Wikimedia Commons

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[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.

[2] W. Dall (1990). The Biology of the Penaeidae. Advances in marine biology. Volume 27. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-026127-7.

[3] Creepy Crawlies: Ladybugs, Lobsters & Other Amazing Arthropods. Sterling Publishing Company. 1991. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8069-8336-3.

[4] Walter Etter (2004). "Decapod crustaceans from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland, with comments on crustacean taphonomy" (PDF). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97 (3): 381–392. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1137-2.

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