''Hoploparia'' is a genus of

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

lobster Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, ...

belonging to the family Nephropidae. The type species of this genus is ''Hoploparia longimana''. These epifaunal carnivores lived from the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

to the

Paleogene The Paleogene ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning o ...

period (from 201.6 to 28.4 Ma). Fossils of this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, Argentina, Madagascar, Canada and United States.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q18350017 True lobsters Hettangian first appearances Early Jurassic crustaceans Early Cretaceous crustaceans Paleocene crustaceans Eocene crustaceans Oligocene extinctions Fossils of Argentina Fossil taxa described in 1849 Fossils of Madagascar Fossils of Canada Fossils of the United States Oligocene crustaceans Middle Jurassic crustaceans Late Jurassic crustaceans Late Cretaceous crustaceans