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Cretasergestes

Cretasergestes
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Sergestidae
Genus: Cretasergestes
Species:
C. sahelalmaensis
Binomial name
Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis
Garassino & Schweigert, 2006

Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis is an extinct species of prawn which existed in Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous period, the only species in the genus Cretasergestes.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alessandro Garassino & Günter Schweigert (2006). "Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Sergestidae) and Cancrinos libanensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon". Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano. 147. ISSN 0037-8844.


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