Harpactocarcinus Temporal range:
Cretaceous to
Miocene,
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Harpactocarcinus punctulatus at the Houston Museum of Natural Science | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Eubrachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Carpilioidea |
Family: | † Zanthopsidae |
Genus: | †
Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 |
Harpactocarcinus is an extinct genus of mud crabs.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the end of the Cretaceous to the Miocene. Fossils within this genus have been found in Iran, Europe, Turkey, Mexico, United States and New Zealand. [1]
Harpactocarcinus Temporal range:
Cretaceous to
Miocene,
| |
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Harpactocarcinus punctulatus at the Houston Museum of Natural Science | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Eubrachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Carpilioidea |
Family: | † Zanthopsidae |
Genus: | †
Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 |
Harpactocarcinus is an extinct genus of mud crabs.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the end of the Cretaceous to the Miocene. Fossils within this genus have been found in Iran, Europe, Turkey, Mexico, United States and New Zealand. [1]