Notahomarus is a genus of fossil lobster belonging to the family Nephropidae that is known from fossils found only in Lebanon.C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. (2010). Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222 The type species, N. hakelensis, was initially placed within the genus Homarus in 1878, but it was transferred to the genus Notahomarus in 2017.
Fossil record
These lobsters are related to the modern-day lobsters. They lived in warm, shallow seas during the Cenomanian period (93.9–100.5 m.y.a.). Fossils have been found at fossil sites in Hjoula and Mayfouq, Lebanon.Paleobiology Database Liliana Póvoas, Pedro Dantas "Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878 and clupeomorph fishes" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2017.
Description Notahomarus could reach a length of about , with antennae.A. Garassono The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie - Vol. Ill - Pl. X
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