Palibacus

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]

Palibacus Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Scyllaridae
Subfamily:	Ibacinae
Genus:	†Palibacus Förster, 1984
Species:	†P. praecursor
Binomial name
†Palibacus praecursor (Dames, 1886)
Synonyms
Ibacus praecursor Dames, 1886

References

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. 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. W. Dames (1886). "Ueber einige Crustaceen aus dem Kreideablagerungen des Libanon". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 38: 551–576.
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.