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Extinct genus of crabs

Mursiopsis
Temporal range: Oligocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Calappidae
Genus: Mursiopsis
Ristori, 1889

Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889.

Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).

References

  1. "PBDB Taxon". Fossilworks.
  2. "Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. Sepkoski, Jack. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=340&rank=class. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Taxon identifiers
Mursiopsis


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