Palaeocarpilius
Extinct genus of crabs
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Palaeocarpilius is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Carpiliidae.[3] The type species of this genus is Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus.
| Palaeocarpilius Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Paleocarpilius macrocheilus from Italy, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Carpiliidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeocarpilius A. Milne-Edwards, 1862[2] |
These epifaunal carnivores lived in the Eocene and the Oligocene, from 48.6 to 28.4 Ma.[1][4]
Species
The following species are recognized:[1]
- Palaeocarpilius aquitanicus Milne-Edwards 1862
- Palaeocarpilius aquilinus Collins & Morris 1973
- Palaeocarpilius ignotus Milne-Edwards 1862
- Palaeocarpilius intermedius Stubblefield 1927
- Palaeocarpilius laevis Imaizumi 1939
- Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus Desmarest 1822
- Palaeocarpilius mississippiensis Rathbun 1935
- Palaeocarpilius rugifer Stoliczka 1871
- Palaeocarpilius valrovinensis De Gregorio 1895
