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]
| Hakelocaris Temporal range:
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| Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Hakelocaris |
| Species: | H. vavassorii
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| Hakelocaris vavassorii Garassino, 1994
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These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b 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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