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Palinurus (genus)

Palinurus
Temporal range: Albian–Recent
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Palinurus elephas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Achelata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Palinurus
Weber, 1795
Type species
Astacus elephas
Fabricius, 1787 
Species

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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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