Decanet taxon details
Palaeohomarus Mertin, 1941 †
1616592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1616592)
accepted
Genus
Palaeohomarus hemprichi Mertin, 1941 † (type by original designation)
- Species Palaeohomarus davisi (Stenzel, 1945) †
- Species Palaeohomarus hemprichi Mertin, 1941 †
- Species Palaeohomarus pacificus Aguirre-Urreta, Lazo & Rawson, 2012 †
- Species Palaeohomarus collignoni Van Straelen, 1949 † accepted as Hoploparia collignoni (Van Straelen, 1949) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Palaeohomarus falcifer (Fritsch & Kafka, 1887) † accepted as Hoploparia falcifer Fritsch in Fritsch & Kafka, 1887 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Palaeohomarus sulcicauda (Schlüter, 1879) accepted as Hoploparia sulcicauda Schlüter, 1879 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Mertin, H. (1941). Decapode Krebse aus dem subhercynen und Braunschweiger Emscher und Untersenon sowie Bemerkerungen über einige verwandte Formen in der Oberkreide. <em>Nova Acta Leopoldina.</em> 10(68): 149–264, pls. 1–8. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palaeohomarus Mertin, 1941 †. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1616592 on 2025-09-13
original description
Mertin, H. (1941). Decapode Krebse aus dem subhercynen und Braunschweiger Emscher und Untersenon sowie Bemerkerungen über einige verwandte Formen in der Oberkreide. <em>Nova Acta Leopoldina.</em> 10(68): 149–264, pls. 1–8. [details] Available for editors
additional source Aguirre-Urreta, B.; Lazo, D. G.; Rawson, P.F. (2012). Decapod Crustacea from the Agrio Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 55(5): 1091-1103., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01175.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Aguirre-Urreta, B.; Lazo, D. G.; Rawson, P.F. (2012). Decapod Crustacea from the Agrio Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 55(5): 1091-1103., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01175.x [details] Available for editors