Paleomattea
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| Paleomattea Temporal range:
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| File:Paleomattea deliciosa.png | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Sergestidae |
| Genus: | †Paleomattea Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 |
| Species: | †P. deliciosa
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| †Paleomattea deliciosa Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995
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Paleomattea is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species Paleomattea deliciosa.[1] The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish Rhacolepis, which is referred to by the specific epithet deliciosa ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where mattea means "delicacy".[2]
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