Harpactocarcinus
Harpactocarcinus Temporal range: 66–11.6 Ma | |
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Harpactocarcinus punctulatus from Eocene of Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Eubrachyura |
Superfamily: | Carpilioidea |
Family: | Zanthopsidae |
Genus: | Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 |
Harpactocarcinus is an extinct genus of mud crabs.
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous to the Miocene (age range: from 66.043 to 11.608 million years ago.). Fossil within this genus have been found in Iran, Europe, Turkey, Mexico, United States and New Zealand. [1]
Species
- Harpactocarcinus almerae Via 1941
- Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun 1928
- Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Schweitzer et al. 2007
- Harpactocarcinus fedrigoi Attilio Fedrigo [2]
- Harpactocarcinus istriensis Bachmayer and Nosan 1959
- Harpactocarcinus jacquoti Milne-Edwards 1865
- Harpactocarcinus macrodactylus Milne-Edwards 1850
- Harpactocarcinus miocenicus Vega et al. 2010
- Harpactocarcinus multidentatus Stubblefield 1946
- Harpactocarcinus ovalis Milne-Edwards 1862
- Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Milne-Edwards 1862
- Harpactocarcinus rotundatus Milne-Edwards 1862
- Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi Bachmayer and Mundlos 1968
- Harpactocarcinus yozgatensis Schweitzer et al. 2007
References
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