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Dorippoidea

Dorippoidea
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
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Paradorippe granulata
Scientific classification
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Eubrachyura
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Heterotremata
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Dorippoidea

Macleay, 1838
Families
  • Dorippidae
  • Ethusidae
  • Necrocarcinidae †
  • Ornithopsidae †

Dorippoidea is a superfamily of crabs.[1] The earliest fossils attributable to the Dorippoidea date from the Late Cretaceous.[2]

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ Andreas Brösing (2008). "A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary" (PDF). Crustaceana. 81 (3): 271–287. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.652.1701. doi:10.1163/156854008783564091.


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