Homarus hakelensis
Homarus hakelensis is a species of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae.
| Homarus hakelensis | |
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| Homarus hakelensis. Cretaceous of Lebanon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Homarus |
| Species: | †H. hakelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Homarus hakelensis (Fraas, 1878) | |
Fossil record
Fossils of Homarus hakelensis
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.[1][2]
Description
Homarus hakelensis could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae. [3]
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References
- Paleobiology Database
- Liliana Póvoas, Pedro Dantas "Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878 and clupeomorph fishes" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2017.
- A. Garassono The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie - Vol. Ill - Pl. X
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