Lobocarcinus

Lobocarcinus is a genus of extinct marine crabs that lived in the Eocene through Pliocene, containing these species:[1][2]

  • Lobocarcinus sismondai
  • Lobocarcinus lumacopius
  • Lobocarcinus pustulosus
  • Lobocarcinus paulinowurtemberbensis
  • Lobocarcinus indicus
  • Lobocarcinus aegypticus

Lobocarcinus
Temporal range: Eocene–Pliocene
Lobocarcinus sismondai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Cancridae
Genus:
†Lobocarcinus

Reuss, 1857

References
  1. Jessica L. Anderson & Rodney M. Feldmann (1995). "Lobocarcinus lumacopius (Decapoda: Cancridae), a new species of cancrid crab from the Eocene of Fayum, Egypt". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (5): 922–932. JSTOR 1306355.
  2. Rodney M. Feldmann & R. Ewan Fordyce (1996). "A new cancrid crab from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 39 (4): 509–513. doi:10.1080/00288306.1996.9514729.


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