Eumorphocorystes

Eumorphocorystes; Temporal range: Cretaceous–Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	5 cm Carinoranina naselensis carapace
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Raninidae
Subfamily:	Notopodinae [1]
Genus:	Eumorphocorystes; Binkhorst, 1857 [2]
Species
	E. naselensis; E. sculptus;

Eumorphocorystes is a genus of crab belonging to the Raninidae subfamily Notopodinae. The genus lived in the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Belgium. Rathbun referred specimens from the Pacific Northwest Oligocene to this genus.[2]

References

Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).
Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40 (2): 165–210.

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[Bakel2003-1] Barry W. M. van Bakel, John W. M. Jagt & René H. B. Fraaije (2003). "An interesting case of homonymy: Notopus de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea, Raninidae; Recent) and Notopus Leonardi, 1983 (ichnofossil; Devonian)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).

[Collins1995-2] Joe S. Collins, René H. Fraaye & John W. M. Jagt (1995). "Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40 (2): 165–210.