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Hoploparia

Hoploparia
Temporal range: Jurassic–Paleogene
Nephropidae - Hoploparia longimana.JPG
Hoploparia longimana from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Hoploparia
M’Coy, 1849

Hoploparia is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae. The type species of this genus is Hoploparia longimana.

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 sediments of Europe, Argentina, Madagascar, Canada and United States.


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