Mursiopsis
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| Mursiopsis Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Mursiopsis pustulosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Calappidae |
| Genus: | Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889 |
Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889.[1][2]
Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 million years ago).[3]
