Componocancer

Componocancer; Temporal range: Albian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Componocancroidea; Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Family:	Componocancridae; Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Genus:	Componocancer; Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Species:	C. robertii
Binomial name
	Componocancer roberti; Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008 [1]

Componocancer roberti is an unusual species of fossil crab described in 2008. It lived in the Albian age (Early Cretaceous) in what is now Montana. The species is unlike any other described crab, and is therefore placed in its own family and superfamily.

References

Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & Robin M. Green (2008). "Unusual Albian (Early Cretaceous) Brachyura (Homoloidea: Componocancroidea New Superfamily) from Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A.". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (3): 502–509. doi:10.1651/07-2933R.1.

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[1] Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & Robin M. Green (2008). "Unusual Albian (Early Cretaceous) Brachyura (Homoloidea: Componocancroidea New Superfamily) from Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A.". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (3): 502–509. doi:10.1651/07-2933R.1.