Calappilia

Calappilia
Temporal range: Paleogene-Mid Miocene
~55.8–15.97 Ma
Oligocenic fossil of Calappilia mainii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Calappidae
Genus:
Calappilia

Calappilia is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Calappilia verrucosa.[1]

Fossils of crabs within this genus have been found in Italy, United States, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil from Paleogene to Miocene (age range: 55.8 to 15.97 Ma).[1]

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