Palibacus

<i>Palibacus</i>

Palibacus

Extinct genus of crustaceans

Palibacus praecursor is a fossil species of slipper lobster, the only species in the genus Palibacus.[1] It was found in Cenomanian[2] (Cretaceous) deposits at Hakel, Lebanon and described in 1886 by the German palaeontologist W. Dames.[3] Its similarity to modern slipper lobsters demonstrates that the main features of that group had already evolved by the mid-Cretaceous.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. [2]
    Reinhard Förster (1985). "Evolutionary trends and ecology of Mesozoic decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 76 (2–3): 299–304. doi:10.1017/s0263593300010518. S2CID 52232092.
  3. [3]
    W. Dames (1886). "Ueber einige Crustaceen aus dem Kreideablagerungen des Libanon". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 38: 551–576.
  4. [4]
    Reinhard Förster (1984). "Bärenkrebse (Crustacea, Decapoda) aus dem Cenoman des Libanon und dem Eozän Italiens". Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie. 24: 57–66.


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