| Componocancer Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| 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 robertii Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008 | |
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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Componocancer roberti | |
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