Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni

Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian
Illustration of Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Parapylochelidae
Genus: Mesoparapylocheles
Species:
M. michaeljacksoni
Binomial name
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni
Fraaije et al., 2012

Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni is an extinct hermit crab species that existed during the Albian or Cenomanian in what is now Spain. It is the type species of the genus Mesoparapylocheles. It was described by René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012, and was named after the singer Michael Jackson as it was discovered on June 25, 2009, the day Jackson died.[1][2]

The shield of the fossilized crabwas discovered in the Koskobilo Quarry, in the Navarrese town of Olazagutía, northern Spain.

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  1. ^ 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". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.
  2. ^ "M. michaeljacksoni". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.