Archaeogeryon
| Archaeogeryon Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
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| dorsal view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Geryonidae |
| Genus: | Archaeogeryon Colosi, 1923 |
| Species: | A. peruvianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Archaeogeryon peruvianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) | |
Archaeogeryon peruvianus is an extinct species of crab from the Miocene, the only species in the genus Archaeogeryon.[1] Despite the species name, the crab is only known from Chile.[2]
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Archaeogeryon peruvianus in the Paleobiology Database
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