Biology:Mursiopsis

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Short description: Extinct genus of crabs

Mursiopsis
Temporal range: Oligocene
Calappidae - Mursiopsis pustulosus.JPG
Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus
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Mursiopsis

Ristori, 1889

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

Wikidata ☰ Q20065376 entry