Biology:Longichela

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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans

Longichela
Temporal range: 205.6–201.6 Ma
Norian
Penaeidae - Longichela.JPG
Longichela from Berbenno (Italy)
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Longichela

Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993
Species:
L. orobica
Binomial name
Longichela orobica

Longichela orobica is an extinct species of prawn[1] which lived in the Norian,[2] and is the only species in the genus Longichela.[3]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found only in the Triassic marine strata of Lombardy (Northern Italy).

References

  1. A. Garassino; G. Teruzzi (1993). "A new decapod crustacean assemblage from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy)". Paleontologia Lombarda. N.S. 1: 27. 
  2. "List of the paleontological species found in the Upper Triassic localities of the Bergamo Area and preserved at the Museo di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi" of Bergamo". Triassico.it. http://www.triassico.it/default.asp?sez=4&pag=21&lang=en. 
  3. Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6673913 entry