Gampsurus

Extinct genus of crustaceans

Gampsurus
Temporal range: Campanian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Caridea
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Gampsurus

Von der Marck, 1863
Species:
G. dubius
Binomial name
Gampsurus dubius
Von der Marck, 1863

Gampsurus is an extinct genus of shrimp in the order Decapoda. It existed in Germany during the Campanian stage of the Cretaceous period.[2] It contains a single species,[3] Gampsurus dubius.

References

  1. ^ "PBDB".
  2. ^ Frederick R. Schram (1986). Crustacea. Oxford University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-19-503742-5.
  3. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Gampsurus


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