Paleomattea

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crustaceans}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Albian}} | image = Paleomattea deliciosa.png | genus = Paleomattea | parent_authority = Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 | species = deliciosa | authority = Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 }}

'''''Paleomattea''''' is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species '''''Paleomattea deliciosa'''''.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal |access-date=2010-01-31 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish ''Rhacolepis'', which is referred to by the specific epithet ''deliciosa'' ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where ''mattea'' means "delicacy".<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3132 |pages=1–20 |year=1995 |title=First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil) |author=John G. Maisey & Maria da Gloria P de Carvalho |url=http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30653/30653.pdf}}</ref>

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Category:Dendrobranchiata Category:Early Cretaceous crustaceans Category:Monotypic prehistoric decapod genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995 Category:Early Cretaceous animals of South America Category:Albian genera Category:Cretaceous arthropods of South America Category:Cretaceous Brazil Category:Fossils of Brazil