Cretatrizocheles

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Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian
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Cretatrizocheles

Fraaije et al., 2012
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C. olazagutiensis
Binomial name
Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis
Fraaije et al., 2012

Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis is an extinct hermit crab which existed during the Albian or Cenomanian of what is now Spain. It was described by René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012, and is the only species in the genus Cretatrizocheles.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker & Pedro Artal (2012). "New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.


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