Aeger
| Aeger Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Aeger elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Penaeoidea |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Aeger Münster, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822
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Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota), and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous. A total of 21 species are known, which makes this the most diverse genus in the family Aegeridae.