Mursiopsis
Extinct genus of crabs
Mursiopsis Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Calappidae |
Genus: | Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889 |
Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889.[1][2]
Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).[3]
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