Biology:Bombur (crustacean)

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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans


Bombur
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Bombur

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q25205689 entry