Hoploparia
Hoploparia is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae. The type species of this genus is Hoploparia longimana.
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Hoploparia longimana from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Genus: | Hoploparia M’Coy, 1849 |
These epifaunal carnivores lived from the Jurassic to the Paleogene period (from 201.6 to 28.4 Ma). Fossils of this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, Argentina, Madagascar, Canada and United States. [1]
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