Corazzatocarcinus

Corazzatocarcinus is an extinct genus of Cretaceous crabs.[1][2] This genus include the species Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae Roger 1946. [3]

Corazzatocarcinus
Temporal range:
Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Section:
Eubrachyura
Subsection:
Heterotremata
Superfamily:
Dorippoidea
Family:
Necrocarcinidae †
Genus:
Corazzatocarcinus †

Larghi, 2004

Fossil record

Corazzatocarcinus is known in Cretaceous of Lebanon (from about 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago). [3]

References
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  1. 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
  2. De Grave & al., 2009 : A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109
  3. Cristiano Larghi Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon


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