Beurlenia

Beurlenia araripensis is an extinct species of shrimp in its own genus, Beurlenia.[1] It is named after the German palaeontologist Karl Beurlen (1901–1985).[2] Fossils of the shrimp were found in the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil.

Beurlenia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Beurlenia

Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991
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B. araripensis
Binomial name
Beurlenia araripensis
Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991

References

  1. R. G. Martins-Neto & S. Mezzalira (1991). "Descrição de novos crustáceos (Caridea) da Formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 63: 155–160.
  2. Günter Schweigert, David M. Martill & Mark Williams (2007). "Crustacea of the Crato Formation". In David M. Martill, Günter Bechly & Robert F. Loveridge (ed.). The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–141. ISBN 978-0-521-85867-0.


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