Eumorphocorystes

Eumorphocorystes
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Oligocene
5 cm Carinoranina naselensis carapace
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Raninidae
Subfamily: Notopodinae [1]
Genus: Eumorphocorystes
Binkhorst, 1857 [2]
Species
  • E. naselensis
  • E. sculptus

Eumorphocorystes is a genus of crab belonging to the Raninidae subfamily Notopodinae. The genus lived in the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Belgium. Rathbun referred specimens from the Pacific Northwest Oligocene to this genus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
  2. 1 2 Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40 (2): 165–210.


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