Actaeopsis
Extinct genus of crabs
Actaeopsis Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Xanthoidea |
Family: | incertae sedis [1] |
Genus: | Actaeopsis Carter, 1898[2] |
Species: | A. whiltshirei |
Binomial name | |
Actaeopsis whiltshirei Carter, 1898[2] |
Actaeopsis is an extinct genus of crab, containing the single species Actaeopsis whiltshirei[3] from the Lower Cretaceous.[4]
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. Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Carter, James (1898). "A Contribution to the Palæontology of the Decapod Crustacea of England". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 54 (1–4): 15–44. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1898.054.01-04.06.
- ^ "†Actaeopsis Carter 1898". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Volume 2. Geological Society of America, 1953. Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert.
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