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Componocancer

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Componocancer
Temporal range: Albian
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Superfamily:
Componocancroidea

Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Family:
Componocancridae

Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Genus:
Componocancer

Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008
Species:
C. robertii
Binomial name
Componocancer roberti
Feldmann, Schweitzer & Green, 2008 [1]

Componocancer roberti is an unusual species of fossil crab described in 2008. It lived in the Albian age (Early Cretaceous) in what is now Montana. The species is unlike any other described crab, and is therefore placed in its own family and superfamily.

References

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  1. ^ Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer & Robin M. Green (2008). "Unusual Albian (Early Cretaceous) Brachyura (Homoloidea: Componocancroidea New Superfamily) from Montana and Wyoming, U.S.A." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (3): 502–509. doi:10.1651/07-2933R.1.