Ifasya

Ifasya
Temporal range:
Fossils of Ifasya madagascariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus:
Garassino & Teruzzi, 1995

Ifasya is an extinct genus of prawns. It contains the species Ifasya madagascariensis and Ifasya straelini, and was named in 1995 by Alessandro Garassino and Giorgio Teruzzi. It existed in Madagascar during the Lower Triassic period.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini & Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Macrurans (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of the Ambilobé area (NW Madagascar)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2010-01-24.