''Acanthochirana'' is an extinct genus of
prawn
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that existed during the upper
Jurassic
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period. It was named by E. Strand in 1928, and its type species is ''Acanthochirana cordata''.
They are distinguished from the related genus ''
Aeger'' by the presence of teeth on the
rostrum
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, which are absent in ''Aeger''.
Species
, ''Acanthochirana'' includes six to seven species:
* ''Acanthochirana angulata''
*''Acanthochirana cenomanica''
* ''Acanthochirana cordata''
*''Acanthochirana krausei''
*''Acanthochirana liburiansis''
*''Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi''
*''Acanthochirana triassica''
Notes
References
External links
''Acanthochirana''at the
Paleobiology Database
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Dendrobranchiata
Jurassic crustaceans
Prehistoric arthropods of Europe
Prehistoric crustacean genera
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