Notahomarus

Notahomarus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Cenomanian
Notahomarus. Cretaceous of Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Nephropidae
Genus:
†Notahomarus

Charbonnier, Audo, Garassino & Hyžný, 2017
Binomial name
†Notahomarus hakelensis
(Fraas, 1878)
Synonyms

Notahomarus is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae that is known from fossils found only in Lebanon.[1] The type species, N. hakelensis, was initially placed within the genus Homarus in 1878,[2] but it was transferred to the genus Notahomarus in 2017.[3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Notahomarus

These lobsters are related to the modern-day lobsters. They lived in warm, shallow seas during the Cenomanian period (93.9–100.5 m.y.a.). Fossils have been found at fossil sites in Hjoula and Mayfouq, Lebanon.[4][2]

Description

Notahomarus could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae.[5]

References

  1. ^ C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. (2010). Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222
  2. ^ a b Liliana Póvoas, Pedro Dantas "Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878 and clupeomorph fishes" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2017.
  3. ^ Sylvain Charbonnier; Denis Audo; Alessandro Garassino; Matúš Hyžný (2017). Fossil Crustacea of Lebanon. National Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–252. ISBN 978-2-85653-785-5.
  4. ^ Paleobiology Database
  5. ^ A. Garassono The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie - Vol. Ill - Pl. X