Mesoparapylocheles

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]

Mesoparapylocheles Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Parapylochelidae
Genus:	†Mesoparapylocheles Fraaije et al., 2012
Type species
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Fraaije et al., 2012
Species
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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]

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)