Eumorphocorystes
| Eumorphocorystes Temporal range: Cretaceous–Oligocene | |
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| 5 cm Carinoranina naselensis carapace | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Raninidae |
| Subfamily: | Notopodinae [1] |
| Genus: | Eumorphocorystes Binkhorst, 1857 [2] |
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Eumorphocorystes is a genus of crab belonging to the Raninidae subfamily Notopodinae. The genus lived in the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Belgium. Rathbun referred specimens from the Pacific Northwest Oligocene to this genus.[2]
References
- ↑ Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology 72 (2/3).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40 (2): 165–210.