Acanthochirana
| Acanthochirana Temporal range:
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| Acanthochirana cordata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Acanthochirana Strand, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Udora cordata Münster, 1839
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthochirus Oppel, 1862 | |
Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period. It was named by E. Strand in 1928. They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.