Mursiopsis
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Genus: | Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889
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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]
Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).[3]
References
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ GBIF
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database