Palaeocuma

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Palaeocuma
Temporal range: Callovian
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Palaeocuma

Bachmayer, 1960
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P. hessi
Binomial name
Palaeocuma hessi
Bachmayer, 1960

Palaeocuma hessi is an extinct species of cumacean, the only species in the genus Palaeocuma, and one of very few fossil cumaceans ever discovered. It lived in the Callovian age (Middle Jurassic) in France.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Frederick R. Schram; Cees H. J. Hof; Royal H. Mapes; Polly Snowdon (2003). "Paleozoic cumaceans (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida) from North America". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1163/18759866-07201001.