Palibacus

Palibacus praecursor
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Palibacus
Förster, 1984
Species: P. praecursor
Binomial name
Palibacus praecursor
(Dames, 1886)
Synonyms

Ibacus praecursor Dames, 1886

Palibacus praecursor is a fossil species of slipper lobster, the only species in the genus Palibacus.[1] It was found in Cenomanian[2] (Cretaceous) deposits at Hakel, Lebanon and described in 1886 by the German palaeontologist W. Dames.[3] Its similarity to modern slipper lobsters demonstrates that the main features of that group had already evolved by the mid-Cretaceous.[4]

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. Reinhard Förster (1985). "Evolutionary trends and ecology of Mesozoic decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 76: 299–304. doi:10.1017/s0263593300010518.
  3. W. Dames (1886). "Ueber einige Crustaceen aus dem Kreideablagerungen des Libanon". Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 38: 551–576.
  4. Reinhard Förster (1984). "Bärenkrebse (Crustacea, Decapoda) aus dem Cenoman des Libanon und dem Eozän Italiens". Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 24: 57–66.
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