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''Glyphea'' is a genus of fossil glypheoid
crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s that lived from the
Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
to the
Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
. It includes the following species:


See also

* '' Neoglyphea'' and '' Laurentaeglyphea'', the only extant glypheoids


References

Glypheidea Late Jurassic crustaceans Late Cretaceous crustaceans Eocene crustaceans Fossil taxa described in 1835 Prehistoric animals of Africa Prehistoric animals of Asia Cretaceous animals of South America Jurassic genus first appearances Eocene genus extinctions Paleocene crustaceans Early Cretaceous crustaceans Middle Jurassic crustaceans Early Jurassic crustaceans Cretaceous arthropods of Australia Decapod genera {{Decapoda-stub