Mesoparapylocheles
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Temporal range: AlbianCenomanian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
Family: | Parapylochelidae |
Genus: | Mesoparapylocheles Fraaije et al., 2012 |
Species: | M. michaeljacksoni |
Binomial name | |
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Fraaije et al., 2012 |
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni is an extinct hermit crab which existed during the Albian or Cenomanian of what is now Spain. It was described by Ren H.B. Fraaije, Adil A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012, and is the only species in the genus Mesoparapylocheles. It was named after the singer Michael Jackson.[1]
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- ^ Ren H.B. Fraaije, Adil A. Klompmaker & Pedro Artal (2012). "New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain". Neues Jahrbuch fr Geologie und Palontologie. 263 (1): 8592. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.
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