Harpactocarcinus

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Harpactocarcinus
Temporal range: 66–11.6 Ma Cretaceous to Miocene[1]
Zanthopsidae - Harpactocarcinus punctulatus.JPG
Harpactocarcinus punctulatus from Eocene of Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Zanthopsidae
Genus:
Harpactocarcinus

Harpactocarcinus is an extinct genus of mud crabs.

Fossil record[]

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous to the Miocene (age range: from 66.043 to 11.608 million years ago.). Fossil within this genus have been found in Iran, Europe, Turkey, Mexico, United States and New Zealand.[1]

Species[]

  • Harpactocarcinus almerae Via 1941
  • Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun 1928
  • Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Schweitzer et al. 2007
  • Harpactocarcinus fedrigoi Attilio Fedrigo [2]
  • Harpactocarcinus istriensis Bachmayer and Nosan 1959
  • Harpactocarcinus jacquoti Milne-Edwards 1865
  • Harpactocarcinus macrodactylus Milne-Edwards 1850
  • Harpactocarcinus miocenicus Vega et al. 2010
  • Harpactocarcinus multidentatus Stubblefield 1946
  • Harpactocarcinus ovalis Milne-Edwards 1862
  • Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Milne-Edwards 1862
  • Harpactocarcinus rotundatus Milne-Edwards 1862
  • Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi Bachmayer and Mundlos 1968
  • Harpactocarcinus yozgatensis Schweitzer et al. 2007

[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ C. Beschin, A. De Angeli, R. Zorzin Nuove specie di Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Zanthopsidae) dell'Eocene dei Monti Lessini Veronesi (Italia settentrionale)
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