Palibacus
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Ibacus praecursor Dames, 1886 | |
