# Paleomattea

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{{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](/source/Dendrobranchiata), containing the single species '''''Paleomattea deliciosa'''''.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal |journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/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](/source/stomach_contents) of the [fish](/source/fish) ''[Rhacolepis](/source/Rhacolepis)'', which is referred to by the [specific epithet](/source/specific_name_(zoology)) ''deliciosa'' ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where ''mattea'' means "[delicacy](/source/delicacy)".<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[American Museum Novitates](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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