Beurlenia

Beurlenia; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Beurlenia; Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991
Species:	B. araripensis
Binomial name
	Beurlenia araripensis; Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991

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.

References

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.
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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[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.