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]
| Notahomarus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Notahomarus. Cretaceous of Lebanon | |
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| Genus: | †Notahomarus Charbonnier, Audo, Garassino & Hyžný, 2017
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| †Notahomarus hakelensis (Fraas, 1878)
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Fossil record
editThese 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
editNotahomarus could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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