Infraorder Brachyura Scientific name Calappidae Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Rank Family Higher classification Calappoidea | |
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Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:
Fossils within this family can be found in sediment of Europe, United States, Mexico, Central America, Australia and Japan from Cretaceous to recent (age range: 66.043 to 0.0 Ma).
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References
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