page_title: Palinurina
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Palinurina / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: fossil of Palinurina
context_page_description: Palinurina is an extinct genus of crustaceans, belonging to the decapods. These animals lived between the Lower Jurassic and the Upper Jurassic and their fossils can be found in Europe. This crustacean is considered one of the oldest lobsters.
context_section_description: These species was rather small compared to the current lobsters, and the side generally did not exceed 5 centimeters in length (without antennae). 
  The appearance was however very similar to today's forms, with a more or less rectangular carapace, an exoskeleton covered with small tubercles, very elongated antennae and five pairs of elongated and strong legs.
  Both the species have been found in the Solnhofen field in Bavaria. They can be distinguished by some antenna characteristics: Palinurina tenera had antennas segmented with smooth margin, while in Palinutina longipes margin  was notched.
  Palinurina is very similar to another archaic lobster, Archaeopalinurus, originating from the Italian upper Triassic. 
  Between the two genera, however, there were some morphological differences, mainly with regard to the shape and ornamentation of the caudal fan, to the length of the legs and antennae.
caption: Fossil of Palinurina longipes
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