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Lobocarcinus

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Lobocarcinus
Temporal range: Eocene–Pliocene
Lobocarcinus sismondai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Cancridae
Genus: Lobocarcinus
Reuss, 1857

Lobocarcinus is a genus of extinct marine crabs that lived in the Eocene through Pliocene, containing these species:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Jessica L. Anderson & Rodney M. Feldmann (1995). "Lobocarcinus lumacopius (Decapoda: Cancridae), a new species of cancrid crab from the Eocene of Fayum, Egypt". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (5): 922–932. JSTOR 1306355.
  2. ^ Rodney M. Feldmann & R. Ewan Fordyce (1996). "A new cancrid crab from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 39 (4): 509–513. doi:10.1080/00288306.1996.9514729.