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Extinct genus of crustaceans

Paleomattea
Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Sergestidae
Genus: †Paleomattea
Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995
Species: †P. deliciosa
Binomial name
†Paleomattea deliciosa
Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995

Paleomattea is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species Paleomattea deliciosa. The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish Rhacolepis, which is referred to by the specific epithet deliciosa ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where mattea means "delicacy".

References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. John G. Maisey & Maria da Gloria P de Carvalho (1995). "First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3132): 1–20.
Taxon identifiers
Paleomattea


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