Nodosculda Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (late Albian),
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Family: | †Sculdidae |
Genus: | †Nodosculda Franţescu, 2012 |
Species: | †N. fisherorum
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Binomial name | |
†Nodosculda fisherorum Franţescu, 2012
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Nodosculda is an extinct genus of mantis shrimp that lived in North America during the late Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous period, between 105 and 100 million years ago. The only species is Nodosculda fisherorum, known from several specimens uncovered in the Paw Paw Formation of Texas.