''Paleomattea'' is an extinct genus of

prawn Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten. The term "prawn"Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature ...

, containing the single species ''Paleomattea deliciosa''. The species is only known from the stomach contents of the

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

Rhacolepis ''Rhacolepis'' is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Complete fossilised heart The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circ ...

'', which is referred to by the

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''deliciosa'' ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where ''mattea'' means "

delicacy A delicacy is usually a rare and expensive food item that is considered highly desirable, sophisticated, or peculiarly distinctive within a given culture. Irrespective of local preferences, such a label is typically pervasive throughout a r ...

References

Dendrobranchiata Early Cretaceous crustaceans Monotypic arthropod genera Fossil taxa described in 1995 Early Cretaceous animals of South America Albian genera Cretaceous arthropods of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil {{Decapod-stub