Stenochiridae
Family of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stenochiridae is a family of fossil decapod crustaceans which lived from the early Jurassic to late Cretaceous periods. It is the only family in the superfamily Stenochiroidea. Fossils of stenochirids are known from Europe, Japan, Chile and Australia.
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Stenochiridae | |
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Fossil of Pseudastacus pustulosus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Astacidea |
Superfamily: | †Stenochiroidea Beurlen, 1928 |
Family: | †Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928 |
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