''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
''Laurentaeglyphea neocaledonica'' is a species of Glypheoidea, glypheoid lobster, and the only species in the genus ''Laurentaeglyphea''. It is known from a single specimen collected on a guyot in the Coral Sea between Australia and New Caledoni ...
'', 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
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