Bombur (crustacean)
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| Genus: | Bombur Münster, 1839 |
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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[edit]
- ^ "Bombur Münster, 1839". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ 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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