Archaeogeryon

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Archaeogeryon
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~23–16 Ma
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dorsal view
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Archaeogeryon

Colosi, 1924
Binomial name
Archaeogeryon peruvianus
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species
  • A. corsolini
  • A. fuegianus
  • A. latus
  • A. lophos
  • A. navidad
  • A. peruvianus

Archaeogeryon is an extinct genus of crab from the Miocene, the type species in the genus is Archaeogeryon peruvianus.[1] Despite the species name, the crab is only known from the , Chile.[2]

References[]

  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.
  2. ^ Archaeogeryon peruvianus in the Paleobiology Database


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