| Notahomarus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| 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) | |
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Notahomarus is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae that is known from fossils found only in Lebanon. The type species, N. hakelensis, was initially placed within the genus Homarus in 1878, but it was transferred to the genus Notahomarus in 2017.
Fossil record
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.
Description
Notahomarus could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae.
References
- 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
- ^ Liliana Póvoas, Pedro Dantas "Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878 and clupeomorph fishes" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2017.
- 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.
- Paleobiology Database
- A. Garassono The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie - Vol. Ill - Pl. X
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| Homarus hakelensis | |