Bombur (genus)
| Bombur | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Bombur Münster, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Bombur complicatus | |
| Species | |
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Bombur is an extinct genus of prawn in the order Decapoda known from the Jurassic of North America and Triassic of Europe.[1] It was described in 1839 by Georg zu Münster, and named after the dwarf Bombur of Norse mythology.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bombur Münster, 1839". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ Münster, G. Graf zu (1839). "Decapoda Macroura. Abbildung und Beschreibung der fossilen langschwänzigen Krebse in den Kalkschiefern von Bayern". Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. 2. pp. 1–88.
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