Palaeopagurus

Palaeopagurus; Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous 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:	Paguridae
Genus:	Palaeopagurus; Van Straelen, 1925
Species:	P. vandelenengeli
Binomial name
	Palaeopagurus vandelenengeli;

Palaeopagurus is an extinct genus of hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous.

References

^ René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK". Palaeontology. 46 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00286.

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