New Genus and Species from the Cretaceous of Lebanon Links the Thylacocephala To the Crustacea

2001/09/01 by Sven Lange, Frederick R. Schram, Fedor A. Steeman +2 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine and environmental studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00207

Abstract

A continuing study of a collection of marine arthropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Sahel Alma in Lebanon has uncovered a new genus and species of the problematic arthropod group Thylacocephala. The apparent presence of two pairs of antennae constitutes the first available morphological evidence for a close relationship between this species and, by association, all thylacocephalans, and the Crustacea.

Citations

• Thylacocephala (Arthropoda: Crustacea?) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon and implications for thylacocephalan systematics

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