Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae
Synonym: Proaeger Langenhan 1910
Parent taxon: Aegeridae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Charbonnier 2025, De Grave et al. 2009, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Acanthochirana, Anisaeger, Distaeger
Subtaxa: Aeger brevirostris Aeger brodiei Aeger elegans Aeger elongatus Aeger foersteri Aeger franconicus Aeger gracilis Aeger hidalguensis Aeger insignis Aeger laevis Aeger lehmanni Aeger libanensis Aeger luxii Aeger macropus Aeger marderi Aeger muensteri Aeger robustus Aeger rostrospinatus Aeger spinipes Aeger straeleni Aeger tipularius
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections), Mexico (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), Italy (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Idaho)
Total: 25 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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