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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]
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Notahomarus. Cretaceous of Lebanon | |
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Genus: | †Notahomarus Charbonnier, Audo, Garassino & Hyžný, 2017 |
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†Notahomarus hakelensis (Fraas, 1878) | |
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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]
Notahomarus could reach a length of about 95 millimetres (3.7 in), with 85 millimetres (3.3 in) antennae.[5]
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