Bombur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Penaeidae
Genus:
Bombur

Münster, 1839
Type species
Bombur complicatus
Species
  • Bombur complicatus Münster, 1839
  • Bombur aonis Bronn, 1858

Bombur is an extinct genus of prawn in the order Decapoda known from the Jurassic of North America and Triassic of Europe.[1] It was described in 1839 by Georg zu Münster, and named after the dwarf Bombur of Norse mythology.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bombur Münster, 1839". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Münster, G. Graf zu (1839). "Decapoda Macroura. Abbildung und Beschreibung der fossilen langschwänzigen Krebse in den Kalkschiefern von Bayern". Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. Vol. 2. pp. 1–88.


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