Eumorphocorystes

Eumorphocorystes is a genus of crab belonging to the Raninidae subfamily Notopodinae. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands. Rathbun referred specimens from the Oligocene Stepovak Formation of Alaska to this genus.[2]

Eumorphocorystes
Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Oligocene
~70–23 Ma
5 cm Carinoranina naselensis carapace
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Raninidae
Subfamily:
Notopodinae [1]
Genus:
Eumorphocorystes

Binkhorst, 1857 [2]
Species
  • E. naselensis
  • E. sculptus

References
  1. Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
  2. Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40 (2): 165–210.
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