| Albertoppelia Temporal range: Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Albertoppelia kuempeli fossil, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Albertoppelia |
| Species: | A. kuempeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Albertoppelia kuempeli Schweigert & Garassino, 2003 | |
Albertoppelia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed during the Late Jurassic period, named after Albert Oppel. It contains the single species Abertoppelia kuempeli. Fossils of Albertoppelia were recovered from the Eichstätt Formation (Solnhofen Group) in Bavaria, Germany.
References
- Günter Schweigert & Alessandro Garassino (2004). "New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Ser. B. 350: 33 pp.
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| Albertoppelia | |
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