Paleomattea

Paleomattea deliciosa
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Sergestidae
Genus: Paleomattea
Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995
Species: P. deliciosa
Binomial name
Paleomattea deliciosa
Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995

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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