Harpactocarcinus

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Harpactocarcinus
Temporal range: Cretaceous to Miocene, 66–11.6 Ma
File:Harpactocarcinus punctulatus HMNS.jpg
Harpactocarcinus punctulatus at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Carpilioidea
Family: Zanthopsidae
Genus: Harpactocarcinus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

Harpactocarcinus is an extinct genus of mud crabs.

Fossil record

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This genus is known in the fossil record from the end of the Cretaceous to the Miocene. Fossils within this genus have been found in Iran, Europe, Turkey, Mexico, United States and New Zealand.[1]

Species

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References

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