Mutotylaspis
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Mutotylaspis is an extinct monotypic genus of probeebeid hermit crabs that lived in Russia's Vladimir Oblast[1] during the Albian stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch,[1] and the only extinct genus in the Probeebeidae family.[2][1] Its type and only species is Mutotylaspis tripudium.
| Mutotylaspis Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous (Albian), ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Probeebeidae |
| Genus: | †Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023[2] |
| Species: | †M. tripudium |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mutotylaspis tripudium Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023 | |
Etymology
The genus name, Mutotylaspis, is a combination of MUTO (giant monsters, or kaiju, that appear as primary antagonists[3] in the 2014 movie Godzilla) and the genus Tylaspis (another probeebeid that is thought to be the closest living relative of Mutotylaspis).[1]
The name of the type species, tripudium, is Latin for “dancing”, a reference to the pose the type specimen (SVSR, ГМ-436) was found in.[1]
