Hakelocaris vavassorii is an extinct species of prawn belonging to the family Penaeidae. It was named in 1994 by Alessandro Garassino, and is the only species in the genus Hakelocaris.[1]

Hakelocaris
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Hakelocaris
Species:
H. vavassorii
Binomial name
Hakelocaris vavassorii
Garassino, 1994

These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Giuseppina Damiano; Alessandro Garassino; Stefano Scali; Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Morphometric analysis of extant Nephrops norvegicus (Linné, 1758) and Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1826) applied to systematic palaeontology of fossil decapod crustaceans". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database