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Cenomanocarcinidae

Cenomanocarcinidae

Overview

Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot et al. 2008

Common Name: Crab

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Elongated carapace with flattened legs and features.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Carnivore

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Brooks, H. K. et al., 1969. Decapoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 651 pp.


Genera of Cenomanocarcinidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway