Harpactocarcinus

Harpactocarcinus Temporal range: 66–11.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Cretaceous to Miocene^[1]

Harpactocarcinus punctulatus from Eocene of Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Superfamily:	Carpilioidea
Family:	Zanthopsidae
Genus:	Harpactocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

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

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References

1 2 3 Paleobiology Database
↑ 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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