''Beurlenia'' is an extinct genus of

shrimp A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion – typically Decapods belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchi ...

containing the species ''Beurlenia araripensis''. It is named after the German palaeontologist

Karl Beurlen Karl Beurlen (17 April 1901 – 27 December 1985) was a German paleontologist. Beurlen was born in Aalen. He attended University of Tübingen. He completed a PhD in 1923. p. 115-119/ref> Beurlen was a proponent of orthogenesis and saltational e ...

(1901–1985). Fossils of the shrimp were found in the

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation (stratigraphy), formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätten, Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontology, pa ...

of the

Araripe Basin The Araripe Basin () is a rift basin covering about ,Neto et al., 2013, p.1 in Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco states of northeastern Brazil. It is bounded by the Patos and Pernambuco lineaments, and is situated east of the Parnaíba Basin, south ...

of northeastern Brazil. A study on the anatomy and morphological variation in ''Beurlenia araripensis'', based on data from fossil samples from the

(

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

), was published by Barros ''et al.'' (2021).

References

Palaemonoidea Prehistoric crustacean genera Early Cretaceous crustaceans Early Cretaceous animals of South America Albian genera Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 1991 Cretaceous arthropods of South America Crustaceans described in 1991 {{paleo-crustacean-stub