Palaeopagurus

Extinct genus of crustaceans

Palaeopagurus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Superfamily:
Paguroidea
Family:
Paguridae
Genus:
Palaeopagurus

Van Straelen, 1925[1]
species
  • Palaeopagurus acutus Crônier & Courville, 2004
  • Palaeopagurus cretaceous Mertin, 1941
  • Palaeopagurus deslongchampsi Van Straelen, 1924 (type species)
  • Palaeopagurus guilleaumei Van Straelen, 1924
  • Palaeopagurus jurensis (Étallon, 1861)
  • Palaeopagurus kellowiensis (Étallon, 1861)
  • Palaeopagurus laevis Van Straelen, 1924
  • Palaeopagurus morinicus (Sauvage, 1891)
  • Palaeopagurus neraudeaui Crônier & Courville, 2004
  • Palaeopagurus pilsbryi Roberts, 1962
  • Palaeopagurus quadratus Van Straelen, 1924
  • Palaeopagurus rumignyensis Fischer, 1969
  • Palaeopagurus serialis (Carter, 1886)
  • Palaeopagurus spinosus Van Straelen, 1924
  • Palaeopagurus tuberculatus Van Straelen, 1924
  • Palaeopagurus vandenengeli Fraaije, 2003

Palaeopagurus is an extinct genus of hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous.

A fossil of the species P. vandenengeli is notable for having been preserved in situ in the shell of an ammonite. Along with a lack of fossils of hermit crabs in gastropod shells from before the Late Cretaceous, this suggests that ammonite shells may have played a more important role in the early evolution of hermit crabs' characteristic shell-dwelling habits.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK". Palaeontology. 46 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00286.
Taxon identifiers
Palaeopagurus


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