Mesoparapylocheles

Mesoparapylocheles is an extinct hermit crab genus which existed during the Mesozoic in what is now Europe. It was described by René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012. The type species is Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni from the Albian or Cenomanian of Spain; it was named after the singer Michael Jackson.[1] Genus also includes two species (M. jaegeri and M. schweigerti) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Germany[2] and additional two species (M. strouhali and M. zapfei) from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Austria.[3]

Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Superfamily:	Paguroidea
Family:	Parapylochelidae
Genus:	Mesoparapylocheles Fraaije et al., 2012
Species:	M. michaeljacksoni
Binomial name
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Fraaije et al., 2012

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people

References

1. René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker & Pedro Artal (2012). "New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.
2. René H.B. Fraaije (2014). "Diverse Late Jurassic anomuran assemblages from the Swabian Alb and evolutionary history of paguroids based on carapace morphology". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 273 (2): 121–145. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0419.
3. René H. B. Fraaije; Cristina Robins; Barry W. M. van Bakel; John W. M. Jagt; Friedrich Bachmayer (2019). "Paguroid anomurans from the Tithonian Ernstbrunn Limestone, Austria – the most diverse extinct paguroid assemblage on record" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A. 121: 257–289.