Article: New genus and species from the Cretaceous of Lebanon links the Thylacocephala to the Crustacea
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
44
Part:
5
Publication Date:
September
2001
Page(s):
905
–
912
Author(s):
Sven Lange, Cees H. J. Hof, Frederick R. Schram and Fedor A. Steeman
Abstract
A continuing study of a collection of marine arthropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Sahel Alma in Lebanon has uncovered a new genus and species of the problematic arthropod group Thylacocephala. The apparent presence of two pairs of antennae constitutes the first available morphological evidence for a close relationship between this species and, by association, all thylacocephalans, and the Crustacea.