Biology:Necrocarcinidae

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Necrocarcinidae is an extinct family of Late Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene crabs.[1][2][3] It comprises 40 species grouped in seven genera.[4][5][6]

Genera

Genera within this family include:[7]

  • Arcticocarcinus Schweitzer et al., 2016[8]
  • Corazzatocarcinus Larghi, 2004
  • Cristella Collins and Rasmussen 1992
  • Necrocarcinus Bell, 1863
  • Paranecrocarcinus Van Straelen, 1936
  • Polycnemidium Reuss, 1859
  • Pseudonecrocarcinus Förster, 1968
  • Shazella Collins & Williams, 2004
  • Volgacarcinus Mychko & Schweitzer, 2026[3]

References

  1. Barry W.M. van Bakel; René H.B. Fraaije; John W.M. Jagt; Petr Skupien (2020). "Origin, early evolution and palaeoecology of Gymnopleura (Crustacea, Decapoda): Basal palaeocorystoid crabs from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous of central Europe". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 564. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110176. 
  2. Carrie E. Schweitzer (2025). "New Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Raninoida: Eubrachyura) from the earliest Eocene of New Jersey, USA". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 52 (1): 121–132. doi:10.50897/bmfm.52.1_121. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Eduard V. Mychko; Carrie E. Schweitzer (2026). "Discovery of decapods from the Paleocene of Russia (Saratov Oblast) with review of all known Paleocene decapods". Palaeontologia Electronica 29 (1). doi:10.26879/1585. 
  4. Guinot & Davie, 2008 : Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17 p. 1–286
  5. De Grave & al., 2009 : A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109
  6. Cristiano Larghi Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon
  7. Paleobiology Database
  8. Carrie E. Schweitzer; Hiroaki Karasawa; Javier Luque; Rodney M. Feldmann (2016). "Phylogeny and classification of Necrocarcinoidea Förster, 1968 (Brachyura: Raninoida) with the description of two new genera". Journal of Crustacean Biology 36 (3): 338–372. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002432. 

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