Corazzatocarcinus
Appearance
Corazzatocarcinus Temporal range:
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Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | †Necrocarcinidae |
Genus: | †Corazzatocarcinus Larghi, 2004 |
Corazzatocarcinus is an extinct genus of Cretaceous crabs.[1][2] This genus include the species Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae Roger 1946.[3]
Fossil record
[edit]Corazzatocarcinus is known in Cretaceous of Lebanon (from about 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Guinot & Davie, 2008 : Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17 p. 1–286
- ^ De Grave & al., 2009 : A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109
- ^ a b Cristiano Larghi Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon