Palaeopagurus

Palaeopagurus; Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Superfamily:	Paguroidea
Family:	Paguridae
Genus:	Palaeopagurus; Van Straelen, 1925 [1]
Species:	P. vandelenengeli
Binomial name
	Palaeopagurus vandelenengeli;

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

References

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.

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