Charbelicaris is a prehistoric genus of crustacean that lived during the Upper Cretaceous in what is now Lebanon.[1] It is named for Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese Maronite saint.
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Genus: | Charbelicaris Haug et al., 2016
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Charbelicaris maronites Haug et al., 2016
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References
edit- ^ Haug, Joachim T.; Audo, Denis; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Palero, Ferran; Petit, Gilles; Abi Saad, Pierre; Haug, Carolin (2016). "The evolution of a key character, or how to evolve a slipper lobster" (PDF). Arthropod Structure & Development. 45 (2): 97–107. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2015.08.003. PMID 26319267.