Actinotocarcinus

Actinotocarcinus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Epialtidae
Subfamily:	Actinotocarcininae
Genus:	Actinotocarcinus; Jenkins, 1974
Type species
	Actinotocarcinus chidgeyi; Jenkins, 1974
Species
	A. chidgeyi Jenkins, 1974; A. maclauchlani Feldmann, 1993;

Actinotocarcinus is an extinct genus of Miocene crab, and is the only genus in the subfamily Actinotocarcininae of the family Epialtidae,^[1] though was originally classified in the family Majidae.^[3] Actinotocarcinus comprises two species, A. chidgeyi, and A. maclauchlani, both from Miocene-aged marine strata of New Zealand.^[2]^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
^ ^a ^b R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A new spider-crab from the Miocene of New Zealand" (PDF). Palaeontology. 17 (4): 869–877. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.
^ Zdravko Števčić (2005). "The reclassification of Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). . 14 (Suppl. 1): 1–159.
^ Rodney M. Feldmann (1993). "Additions to the fossil decapod crustacean fauna of New Zealand". . 36 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1080/00288306.1993.9514568.

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[Grave-1] Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[Jenkins-2] R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A new spider-crab from the Miocene of New Zealand" (PDF). Palaeontology. 17 (4): 869–877. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.

[3] Zdravko Števčić (2005). "The reclassification of Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). . 14 (Suppl. 1): 1–159.

[4] Rodney M. Feldmann (1993). "Additions to the fossil decapod crustacean fauna of New Zealand". . 36 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1080/00288306.1993.9514568.

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