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Componocancer roberti)
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| Superfamily: | Componocancroidea Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Family: | Componocancridae Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Genus: | Componocancer Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Species: | C. robertii
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| Componocancer roberti Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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Componocancer roberti is an unusual species of fossil crab described in 2008. It lived in the Albian age ( Early Cretaceous) in what is now Montana. The species is unlike any other described crab, and is therefore placed in its own family and superfamily.
References
- ^ Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & Robin M. Green (2008). "Unusual Albian (Early Cretaceous) Brachyura (Homoloidea: Componocancroidea New Superfamily) from Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (3): 502–509. doi: 10.1651/07-2933R.1.
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(Redirected from
Componocancer roberti)
| Componocancer Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
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| Class: | |
| Order: | |
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| Section: | |
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| Superfamily: | Componocancroidea Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Family: | Componocancridae Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Genus: | Componocancer Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
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| Species: | C. robertii
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| Binomial name | |
| Componocancer roberti Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
[1]
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Componocancer roberti is an unusual species of fossil crab described in 2008. It lived in the Albian age ( Early Cretaceous) in what is now Montana. The species is unlike any other described crab, and is therefore placed in its own family and superfamily.
References
- ^ Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & Robin M. Green (2008). "Unusual Albian (Early Cretaceous) Brachyura (Homoloidea: Componocancroidea New Superfamily) from Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (3): 502–509. doi: 10.1651/07-2933R.1.
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