Archaeogeryon
Extinct genus of crabs
| Archaeogeryon Temporal range: Early Miocene ~23–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
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| Genus: | Archaeogeryon Colosi, 1924 |
| Binomial name | |
| Archaeogeryon peruvianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) | |
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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 Guadal Formation, Chile.[2]
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ^ Archaeogeryon peruvianus in the Paleobiology Database
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