New genus and species from the Cretaceous of Lebanon links the Thylacocephala to the Crustacea

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LANGE, S., HOF, C. H. J., SCHRAM, F. R., STEEMAN, F. A. 2001. New genus and species from the Cretaceous of Lebanon links the Thylacocephala to the Crustacea. Palaeontology, 44, 5, 905–912.

Sven Lange, Cees H. J. Hof, Frederick R. Schram and Fedor A. Steeman 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. Wiley Online Library