Aeger is a genus of fossil prawns. They first occur in the Early Triassic (Paris biota), and died out at the end of the Late Cretaceous. A total of 21 species are known, which makes this the most diverse genus in the family Aegeridae.
Species
As of 2022, this is a complete list of species in the genus.
- Aeger brevirostris <small>Van Straelen, 1923</small>
- Aeger brodiei <small>Woodward, 1888</small>
- Aeger elegans <small>Münster, 1839</small>
- Aeger elongatus <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger foersteri <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger fraconicus <small>Förster, 1980</small>
- Aeger gracilis <small>Förster & Crane, 1984</small>
- Aeger hidalguensis <small>Feldmann et al., 2007</small>
- Aeger insignis <small>Oppel, 1862</small>
- Aeger laevis <small>(Blake, 1876)</small>
- Aeger lehmanni <small>(Langenhan, 1910)</small>
- Aeger libanensis <small>Roger, 1946</small>
- Aeger luxii <small>Huang et al., 2013</small>
- Aeger macropus <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger marderi <small>Woodward, 1866</small>
- Aeger muensteri <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger robustus <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger rostrospinatus <small>Garassino & Teruzzi, 1990</small>
- Aeger spinipes <small>(Desmarest, 1822)</small>
- Aeger straeleni <small>Glaessner, 1929</small>
- Aeger tipularius <small>(Schlotheim, 1822)</small> (=A. armatus <small>Oppel, 1862</small>)
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