Mursiopsis

Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889.[1][2]

Mursiopsis
Temporal range: Oligocene
Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Calappidae
Genus:
Mursiopsis

Ristori, 1889

Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).[3]

References
  1. Fossilworks
  2. GBIF
  3. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database


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