A new species of mecochirid lobster, Meyeria libanotica (Decapoda, Glypheoidea), from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Lebanon

• Published in: Annales de Paléontologie
• Main Authors: Charbonnier, Sylvain, Audo, Denis, Garassino, Alessandro, Simpson, Martin, Gèze, Raymond, Azar, Dany
• Other Authors: Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing Branch, Loma Linda University, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Ocean and Earth Science Southampton, University of Southampton-National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Department of Natural Sciences Lebanese American University (NS/SAS/LAU), School of Arts and Sciences Lebanese American University (SAS/LAU), Lebanese American University (LAU)-Lebanese American University (LAU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Glypheidea; Mecochiridae; Neocomian; Sandstone of Lebanon; Shouf Sandstone Formation; Lebanon; Crustacea; Malacostraca; Néocomien; Grès du Liban; Formation des Grès du Chouf; Liban; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Greenland; Rasmussen; Groenland
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03162041; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2021.102470

International audience A large sample of mecochirid lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Mecochiridae) has been recently collected from the early Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Lebanon. The studied specimens are described as Meyeria libanotica sp. nov. The genus Meyeria M’Coy, 1849 is also revised and ne...