Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Full reference: A. Garassino and G. Pasini. 2020. A new furry lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Synaxidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon. Palaeodiversity 13(1):131-133

Parent taxon: Palinuridae according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also Charbonnier 2025

Sister taxa: Archaeocarabus, Archaeopalinurus, Eolinurus, Eurycarpus, Jasus, Justitia, Linuparus, Palaeopalinurus, Palinurina, Palinurus, Panulirus, Parallelogastrus, Phalangites, Phyllamphion, Projasus, Puerulus, Rugafarius, Yunnanopalinura

Subtaxa: Palaeopalinurellus jbeilensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqel (MSNM collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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