| Hakelocaris Temporal range:  | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata | 
| Family: | Penaeidae | 
| Genus: | Hakelocaris | 
| Species: | H. vavassorii | 
| Binomial name | |
| Hakelocaris vavassorii Garassino, 1994 | |
Hakelocaris vavassorii is an extinct species of prawn belonging to the family Penaeidae. It was named in 1994 by Alessandro Garassino, and is the only species in the genus Hakelocaris.[1]
These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]
References
- 1 2 Giuseppina Damiano; Alessandro Garassino; Stefano Scali; Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Morphometric analysis of extant Nephrops norvegicus (Linné, 1758) and Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1826) applied to systematic palaeontology of fossil decapod crustaceans". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
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