Longitergite

Longitergite
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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, Longitergite miocenicus.[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 della Società italiana di Scienze naturali Museo civico di Storia naturale di 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.