Palaeopagurus
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palaeopagurus-264-16046775
title:
Palaeopagurus
text:
Palaeopagurus is an extinct genus of hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous. A fossil of the species P. vandenengeli is notable for having been preserved in situ in the shell of an ammonite. Along with a lack of fossils of hermit crabs in gastropod shells from before the Late Cretaceous, this suggests that ammonite shells may have played a more important role in the early evolution of hermit crabs' characteristic shell-dwelling habits.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of crustaceans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeopagurus
date created:
date modified:
2023-08-13T00:42:38Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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15