Dakoticancroidea Temporal range: Santonian–Maastrichtian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Dromiacea |
Superfamily: |
Dakoticancroidea Rathbun, 1917 |
Families | |
Dakoticancridae |
Dakoticancridae
Ibericancridae
Dakoticancroidea is a superfamily of fossil crabs, containing six species in five genera, divided into two families. The family Dakoticancridae is only known from North American rocks of Late Cretaceous age, while the single species in the Ibericancridae was found in Spain.