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Actaeopsis

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Actaeopsis
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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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

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  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 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "†Actaeopsis Carter 1898". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Volume 2. Geological Society of America, 1953. Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert.