Palaeocuma
| Palaeocuma Temporal range: Callovian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Cumacea |
| Infraorder: | Neocumacea |
| Genus: | Palaeocuma Bachmayer, 1960 |
| Species: | P. hessi |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaeocuma hessi Bachmayer, 1960 | |
Palaeocuma hessi is an extinct species of cumacean, the only species in the genus Palaeocuma, and one of very few fossil cumaceans ever discovered. It lived in the Callovian age (Middle Jurassic) in France.[1]
References
- ↑ Frederick R. Schram, Cees H. J. Hof, Royal H. Mapes & Polly Snowdon (2003). "Paleozoic cumaceans (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida) from North America". Contributions to Zoology 72 (1): 1–16.
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