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Linuparus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent
Linuparus trigonus
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Linuparus

White, 1847

Linuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of 30–500 m (100–1,640 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene.[1] L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.[1]

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Extinct species

References

  1. ^ a b Kwok Ho Tsoi, Tin-Yam Chan & Ka Hou Chu (2011). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the spear lobsters Linuparus (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with the description of a new species". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 250 (4): 302–315. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2011.04.007.