Aeger Münster, 1839

Odin, Giliane P., Charbonnier, Sylvain, Devillez, Julien & Schweigert, Günter, 2019, On unreported historical specimens of marine arthropods from the Solnhofen and Nusplingen Lithographic Limestones (Late Jurassic, Germany) housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Geodiversitas 41 (17), pp. 643-662 : 645

Genus Aeger Münster, 1839

TYPE SPECIES. — Macrourites tipularius Schlotheim, 1822 , by subsequent designation of Woods (1925).

Three species are known from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones ( Schweigert et al. 2016). All are present in the palaeontological collections of the MNHN ( Fig. 1 ).

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FIG. 1. — A-C, Aeger tipularius (Schlotheim,1822),specimen MNHN.F.A33509 from Solnhofen;A, natural light;B, interpretation of the carapace grooves;C, UV light; D, Aeger spinipes (Desmarest, 1817), specimen MNHN.F.B13442 from Solnhofen; E, F, Aeger insignis Oppel, 1862, specimen MNHN.GG.2004/57291 from Solnhofen; E, natural light; F, UV light. Scale bars: A, C, 1 cm; B, D, 2 cm; E, 3 cm. Abbreviations: a, branchiocardiac groove; b, antennal groove; b1, hepatic groove; e1e, cervical groove. Photographs: L. Cazes. Line drawing: G.P. Odin.