Albertoppelia is an extinct genus of prawn which existed during the Late Jurassic period, named after Albert Oppel. It contains the single species Abertoppelia kuempeli.[1] Fossils of Albertoppelia were recovered from the Eichstätt Formation (Solnhofen Group) in Bavaria, Germany.[citation needed]
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| Albertoppelia kuempeli fossil, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Albertoppelia |
| Species: | A. kuempeli
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| Albertoppelia kuempeli Schweigert & Garassino, 2003
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References
edit- ^ [1]Günter Schweigert & Alessandro Garassino (2004). "New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Ser. B. 350: 33 pp.[permanent dead link]
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