Charbelicaris
Extinct genus of crustaceans
Charbelicaris Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Achelata |
Family: | Cancrinidae |
Genus: | Charbelicaris Haug et al., 2016 |
Type species | |
Charbelicaris maronites Haug et al., 2016 | |
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Charbelicaris is a prehistoric genus of crustacean that lived during the Upper Cretaceous in what is now Lebanon.[1] It is named for Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese Maronite saint.
References
- ^ Haug, Joachim T.; Audo, Denis; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Palero, Ferran; Petit, Gilles; Abi Saad, Pierre; Haug, Carolin (2016). "The evolution of a key character, or how to evolve a slipper lobster" (PDF). Arthropod Structure & Development. 45 (2): 97–107. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2015.08.003. PMID 26319267.
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