Palaeocarpilius
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| Paleocarpilius macrocheilus from Italy, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Family: | Carpiliidae [2]
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| Genus: | Palaeocarpilius A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 [3]
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Palaeocarpilius is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Carpiliidae. The type species of this genus is .
These epifaunal carnivores lived in the Eocene and the Oligocene, from 48.6 to 28.4 Ma.[1][4]
Species[]
- Milne-Edwards 1862
- Milne-Edwards 1862
- Stubblefield 1927
- Imaizumi 1939
- Desmarest 1822
- Rathbun 1935
- Stoliczka 1871
- De Gregorio 1895
Distribution[]
Fossils of this genus have been found in the Eocene of Italy and in the Oligocene of India, Libya and United States.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Regina Wetzer, Joel W. Martin and Sandra E. Trautwein (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 410–421. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00021-6. PMID 12742746.
- ^ "Paleocarpilius". Vertebres Fossiles. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ David Ward (2002). Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks). Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5.
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