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Beurlenia

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Beurlenia
Temporal range: Aptian-Albian
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Beurlenia araripensis
Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991

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]

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Barros, O. A.; Viana, M. S. S.; Viana, B. C.; da Silva, J. H.; Paschoal, A. R.; de Oliveira, P. V. (2021). "New data on Beurlenia araripensis Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991, a lacustrine shrimp from Crato Formation, and its morphological variations based on the shape and the number of rostral spines". PLOS ONE. 16 (3): e0247497. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1647497B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247497. PMC 7968632. PMID 33730028.