''Beurlenia'' is an extinct genus of

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

containing the species ''Beurlenia araripensis''. It is named after the German palaeontologist Karl Beurlen (1901–1985). Fossils of the shrimp were found in the

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly duri ...

of the

Araripe Basin The Araripe Basin () is a rift basin covering about ,Neto et al., 2013, p.1 in Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco states of northeastern Brazil. It is bounded by the Patos and Pernambuco lineaments, and is situated east of the Parnaíba Basin, southwes ...

of northeastern Brazil. A study on the anatomy and morphological variation in ''Beurlenia araripensis'', based on data from fossil samples from the

(

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

), was published by Barros ''et al.'' (2021).

References

Palaemonoidea Prehistoric crustacean genera Early Cretaceous crustaceans Early Cretaceous animals of South America Albian genera Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 1991 Cretaceous arthropods of South America {{Cretaceous-animal-stub