Mursiopsis

Mursiopsis
Temporal range:
Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Calappidae
Genus:
Ristori, 1889

Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889.[1][2]

Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).[3]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ "Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. ^ Sepkoski, Jack. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=340&rank=class. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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