Avitelmessus

Avitelmessus grapsoideus; Temporal range: Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Dakoticancridae
Genus:	†Avitelmessus; Rathbun, 1923
Species:	†A. grapsoideus
Binomial name
	Avitelmessus grapsoideus; Rathbun, 1923

Avitelmessus grapsoideus is an extinct species of crab that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It is the only species in the genus Avitelmessus and is known from finds in the southeastern United States.^[3]

^ "Fossilworks: Avitelmessus".
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^ Palmer, Douglas; et al. (2009). "Cretaceous". In Burnie, David (ed.). Prehistoric Life: the Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York, NY: DK Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.

[1] "Fossilworks: Avitelmessus".

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[dk-3] Palmer, Douglas; et al. (2009). "Cretaceous". In Burnie, David (ed.). Prehistoric Life: the Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York, NY: DK Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.

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