Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata fossil crab IT

Carpilioidea is a

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of crabs containing a single extant family, Carpiliidae and three extinct families. The modern range of the family includes the

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, Western

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and

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. The

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of the group extends back at least as far as the

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Genera

Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 * '' Carpilius'' A. G. Desmarest, 1823 * ''Eocarpilius'' Blow & Manning, 1996 * ''Holcocarcinus'' Withers, 1924 * ''Ocalina'' Rathbun, 1929 * '' Palaeocarpilius'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 * '' Paraocalina'' Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2007 * '' Proxicarpilius'' Collins & Morris, 1978 Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003 * '' Jakobsenius'' Schweitzer, 2005 * '' Lobulata'' Schweitzer, Feldmann & Gingerich, 2004 * '' Palaeoxantho'' Bishop, 1986 * '' Palaeoxanthopsis'' Beurlen, 1958 * '' Paraverrucoides'' Schweitzer, 2003 * ''Remia'' Schweitzer, 2003 * '' Rocacarcinus'' Schweitzer, 2005 * '' Verrucoides'' Vega, Cosma, Coutiño, Feldmann, Nyborg, Schweitzer & Waugh, 2001 Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005 * '' Baricarcinus'' Casadío, De Angeli, Feldmann, Garassino, Hetler, Parras & Schweitzer, 2004 * '' Cyclocorystes'' Bell, 1858 * '' Lobonotus'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1863 * '' Nitotacarcinus'' Schweitzer, Artal, Van Bakel, Jagt & Karasawa, 2007 * '' Paratumidocarcinus'' Martins-Neto, 2001 * '' Pulalius'' Schweitzer, Feldmann, Tucker & Berglund, 2000 * '' Titanocarcinus'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1863 * '' Tumidocarcinus'' Glaessner, 1960 * '' Xanthilites'' Bell, 1858 Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959 * ''

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'' Collins & Jakobsen, 2003 * ''

Harpactocarcinus ''Harpactocarcinus'' is an extinct genus of mud crabs. Fossil record 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 ...

'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 * '' Harpactoxanthopsis'' Vía, 1959 * ''

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'' Blow & Manning, 1997 * '' Neozanthopsis'' Schweitzer, 2003 * '' Zanthopsis'' M’Coy, 1849

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1998544 Crabs Extant Paleocene first appearances