Beurlenia is an extinct genus of shrimp containing the species Beurlenia araripensis.[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. A study on the anatomy and morphological variation in Beurlenia araripensis, based on data from fossil samples from the Crato Formation (Brazil), was published by Barros et al. (2021).[3]
Beurlenia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Beurlenia Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991 |
Species: | B. araripensis
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Binomial name | |
Beurlenia araripensis Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991
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