Palaeopagurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Palaeopagurus restoration.jpg | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Lower Cretaceous}} | image_caption = Life restoration | taxon = Palaeopagurus | authority = Van Straelen, 1925<ref name=Fraaije>{{cite journal |author=René H. B. Fraaije |year=2003 |title=The oldest ''in situ'' hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK |journal=Palaeontology |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=53–57 |doi=10.1111/1475-4983.00286|doi-access=free }}</ref> }}

'''''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.<ref name=Fraaije /> It contains the following species:<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS|last=De Grave|first=Sammy|date=24 November 2023|title=''Palaeopagurus'' Van Straelen, 1925 †|id=1596719|access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>

{{div col}} {{Linked species list | † Palaeopagurus acutus | Crônier & Courville, 2004 | † Palaeopagurus couloni | (de Tribolet, 1874) | † Palaeopagurus cretaceous | Mertin, 1941 | † Palaeopagurus deslongchampsi | Van Straelen, 1924 (type species) | † Palaeopagurus guilleaumei | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Palaeopagurus jurensis | (Étallon, 1861) | † Palaeopagurus kellowiensis | (Étallon, 1861) | † Palaeopagurus laevis | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Palaeopagurus morinicus | (Sauvage, 1891) | † Palaeopagurus neraudeaui | Crônier & Courville, 2004 | † Palaeopagurus pilsbryi | Roberts, 1962 | † Palaeopagurus quadratus | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Palaeopagurus rumignyensis | Fischer, 1969 | † Palaeopagurus schneidi | Kuhn, 1936 | † Palaeopagurus serialis | (Carter, 1886) | † Palaeopagurus spinosus | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Palaeopagurus tuberculatus | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Palaeopagurus vandenengeli | Fraaije, 2003 | † Palaeopagurus würgauensis | Kuhn, 1936 }}{{div col end}}

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Category:Hermit crabs Category:Early Cretaceous crustaceans Category:Fossil taxa described in 1925 Category:Early Cretaceous arthropods of Europe Category:Cretaceous England Category:Fossils of England

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