Pseudophlyctenodes

Pseudophlyctenodes hantkeni is an extinct species of crab in the monotypic genus Pseudophlyctenodes, in the family Xanthidae.[1] It is known from the Eocene of Hungary and Sicily.[2]

Pseudophlyctenodes hantkeni
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Xanthidae
Genus:
Pseudophlyctenodes

Busulini, Tessier & Beschin, 2006
Species:
P. hantkeni
Binomial name
Pseudophlycetnodes hantkeni
(Lőrenthey, 1898)

References
  1. 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.
  2. Alessandra Busulini; Giuliano Tessier & Claudio Beschin (2006). "The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 23: 350–360.


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