Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.

[3] It was named by E. Strand in 1928, and its type species is Acanthochirana cordata.

[2][4] They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.

[5] As of 2014[update], Acanthochirana includes six to seven species:[6][a]

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