Lobocarcinus sismondai

Lobocarcinus sismondai; Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Cancridae
Genus:	Lobocarcinus
Species:	L. sismondai
Binomial name
	Lobocarcinus sismondai; (von Meyer, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
	Cancer sismondai von Meyer, 1859; Cancer deshayesii A. Milne-Edwards, 1861;

Lobocarcinus sismondai is an extinct species of marine crab in the family Cancridae.[2]

Part of a Pliocene-aged carapace was recovered, and is housed in the Yorkshire Museum. Another fossil specimen was recorded by Lipke Holthuis in 1949, based on fixed fingers and an isolated dactylus. That specimen was recovered from Miocene–Lower Pleistocene deposits in the Netherlands.[1]

References

Joe S. H. Collins (2002). "A taxonomic review of British decapod Crustacea" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 29: 81–92.
"Paleobiology Database: Lobocarcinus sismondai". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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[Collins-1] Joe S. H. Collins (2002). "A taxonomic review of British decapod Crustacea" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 29: 81–92.

[2] "Paleobiology Database: Lobocarcinus sismondai". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 2012-05-24.