Mutotylaspis
| Mutotylaspis Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous (Albian), ~
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Probeebeidae |
| Genus: | †Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023[2] |
| Species: | †M. tripudium
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| †Mutotylaspis tripudium Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023
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Mutotylaspis is an extinct monotypic genus of probeebeid hermit crabs that lived in Russia's Vladimir Oblast[1] during the Albian stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch[1], and the only extinct genus in the Probeebeidae family.[2][1] Its type and only species is Mutotylaspis tripudium.
Etymology
[edit]The genus name, Mutotylaspis, is a combination of MUTO (giant monsters, or kaiju, that appear as primary antagonists[3] in the 2014 movie Godzilla) and the genus Tylaspis (another probeebeid that is thought to be the closest living relative of Mutotylaspis).[1]
The name of the type species, tripudium, is Latin for “dancing”, a reference to the pose the type specimen (SVSR, ГМ-436) was found in.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Fraaije, René H.B.; Mychko, Eduard V.; Barsukov, Leonid S.; Jagt, John W.M. (February 2024). "A new mid-Cretaceous hermit crab (Crustacea, Anomura) from Central Russia sheds new light on paguroid evolution". Cretaceous Research. 154 105749. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15405749F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105749. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b De Grave, Sammy (2023). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023 †". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Gettell, Oliver (21 May 2014). "'Godzilla's' monstrous costars: What do MUTOs mean for the franchise?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
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