Neptunus (crab)
| Neptunus Temporal range: Miocene–Quaternary | |
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| Neptunus granulatus from Montpellier, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Neptunus de Haan 1839 |
Neptunus is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Portunidae.
These epifaunal carnivores lived during the Eocene of India, Miocene of Brazil and Quaternary of United States, from 37.2 to 0.0 Ma. [1]
Species
- Neptunus granulatus † (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) [2]
References
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