Mesoparapylocheles Explained

Mesoparapylocheles is an extinct hermit crab genus which existed during the Mesozoic in what is now Europe. It was described by René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012. The type species is Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni from the Albian or Cenomanian of Spain; which was named after the singer Michael Jackson.^[1] Genus also includes other species from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Germany^[2] and from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Austria.^[3]

Species

Mesoparapylocheles jaegeri Fraaije, 2014^[2]
Mesoparapylocheles janetjacksonae Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Skupien, 2020^[4]
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Fraaije, Klompmaker & Artal, 2012^[1] (type)
Mesoparapylocheles schweigerti Fraaije, 2014^[2]
Mesoparapylocheles strouhali Fraaije, Robins, van Bakel, Jagt & Bachmayer, 2019^[3]
Mesoparapylocheles zapfei Fraaije, Robins, van Bakel, Jagt & Bachmayer, 2019^[3]

René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker & Pedro Artal . 2012 . New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain . . 263 . 1 . 85–92 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.
René H.B. Fraaije . 2014 . Diverse Late Jurassic anomuran assemblages from the Swabian Alb and evolutionary history of paguroids based on carapace morphology . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 273 . 2 . 121–145 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0419 .
René H. B. Fraaije . Cristina Robins . Barry W. M. van Bakel . John W. M. Jagt . Friedrich Bachmayer . 2019 . Paguroid anomurans from the Tithonian Ernstbrunn Limestone, Austria – the most diverse extinct paguroid assemblage on record . Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A . 121 . 257–289 .
René H.B. Fraaije . Barry W.M. van Bakel . John W. M. Jagt . Petr Skupien . 2020 . Paguroid anomurans from the upper Tithonian–lower Berriasian of Štramberk, Moravia (Czech Republic) . Geologija . 63 . 1 . 9–18 . 10.5474/geologija.2020.001 . free .