Aeger Munster 1839 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Synonym: Proaeger Langenhan 1910

Parent taxon: Aegeridae according to C. P. A. Smith et al. 2022

See also De Grave et al. 2009, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthochirana, Anisaeger, Distaeger

Subtaxa: Aeger brevirostris Aeger brodiei Aeger elegans Aeger elongatus Aeger foersteri Aeger franconicus Aeger gracilis Aeger hidalguensis Aeger insignis Aeger laevis Aeger lehmanni Aeger libanensis Aeger luxii Aeger macropus Aeger marderi Aeger muensteri Aeger robustus Aeger rostrospinatus Aeger spinipes Aeger straeleni Aeger tipularius

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), Italy (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Triassic of Austria (1), China (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Idaho)

Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences

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