Aeger

For the king of the sea in Norse mythology, see Ægir.

Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota),^[3] and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous.^[2] A total of 21 species are known.^[1]

Aeger Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Aeger elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily:	Penaeoidea
Family:	†Aegeridae
Genus:	†Aeger Münster, 1839 [1]
Type species
Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 [2]

Species

• Aeger brevirostris
• Aeger brodiei
• Aeger elegans
• Aeger elongatus
• Aeger foersteri
• Aeger fraconicus
• Aeger gracilis
• Aeger hidalguensis
• Aeger insignis
• Aeger laevis
• Aeger lehmanni
• Aeger libanensis
• Aeger luxii^[4]
• Aeger macropus
• Aeger marderi
• Aeger muensteri
• Aeger robustus
• Aeger rostrospinatus
• Aeger spinipes
• Aeger straeleni
• Aeger tipularius