Bombur (crustacean)

Bombur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Penaeidae
Genus:	Bombur; Münster, 1839
Type species
	Bombur complicatus;
Species
	Bombur complicatus Münster, 1839 ; Bombur aonis Bronn, 1858;

Bombur is an extinct genus of prawn in the order Decapoda known from the Jurassic of North America and Triassic of Europe.^[1] It was described in 1839 by Georg zu Münster, and named after the dwarf Bombur of Norse mythology.^[2]

References

^ "Bombur Münster, 1839". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ Münster, G. Graf zu (1839). "Decapoda Macroura. Abbildung und Beschreibung der fossilen langschwänzigen Krebse in den Kalkschiefern von Bayern". Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. Vol. 2. pp. 1–88.

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[1] "Bombur Münster, 1839". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[2] Münster, G. Graf zu (1839). "Decapoda Macroura. Abbildung und Beschreibung der fossilen langschwänzigen Krebse in den Kalkschiefern von Bayern". Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. Vol. 2. pp. 1–88.

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