Notahomarus

Notahomarus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Notahomarus. Cretaceous of Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Nephropidae
Genus:	†Notahomarus Charbonnier, Audo, Garassino & Hyžný, 2017
Binomial name
†Notahomarus hakelensis (Fraas, 1878)
Synonyms
Homarus hakelensis(Fraas, 1878) " Pseudastacus " hakelensis(Fraas, 1878)

Notahomarus is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae that is known from fossils found only in Lebanon. ^[1] The type species, N. hakelensis, was initially placed within the genus Homarus in 1878, ^[2] but it was transferred to the genus Notahomarus in 2017. ^[3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Notahomarus

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. ^{[4] [2]}

Description

Notahomarus could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae. ^[5]

References

1. C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. (2010). Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222
2. Liliana Póvoas, Pedro Dantas "Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878 and clupeomorph fishes" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2017.
3. Sylvain Charbonnier; Denis Audo; Alessandro Garassino; Matúš Hyžný (2017). Fossil Crustacea of Lebanon. National Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–252. ISBN   978-2-85653-785-5.
4. Paleobiology Database
5. A. Garassono The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie - Vol. Ill - Pl. X