Archaeogeryon

Archaeogeryon; Temporal range: Early Miocene; ~23–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Geryonidae
Genus:	Archaeogeryon; Colosi, 1924
Binomial name
	Archaeogeryon peruvianus; (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species
	A. corsolini; A. fuegianus; A. latus; A. lophos; A. navidad; A. peruvianus;

Archaeogeryon is an extinct genus of crab from the Miocene, the type species in the genus is Archaeogeryon peruvianus.^[1] Despite the species name, the crab is only known from the Guadal Formation, Chile.^[2]

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 from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
^ Archaeogeryon peruvianus in the Paleobiology Database

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