Palinurus (genus)
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Palinurus Temporal range: Albian–Recent |
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| Palinurus elephas | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Achelata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: |
Palinurus Weber, 1795 |
| Type species | |
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Astacus elephas Fabricius, 1787 |
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Palinurus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. A 110-million-year-old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El Espinal in Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi.
This is a complete list of extant species:
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