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'''''Branchioplax''''' is an extinct genus of [[crab]] which existed in [[Alaska]] and [[Washington]] during the [[Eocene]] period. It was first named by [[Mary Rathbun]] in 1916, and contains ten species <ref name="Grave"/>, including ''Branchioplax washingtoniana'', <ref>Page 86, ''Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3''. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961</ref> ''Branchioplax carmanahensis'',<ref>Page 66, ''Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada''. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. ISBN 0660190923/ISBN 9780660190921</ref> and ''Branchioplax ballingi''.<ref>Page 319, ''Bulletin de la Société géologique de France'', Société géologique de France, 1959.</ref> |
'''''Branchioplax''''' is an extinct genus of [[crab]] which existed in [[Alaska]] and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] during the [[Eocene]] period. It was first named by [[Mary Rathbun]] in 1916, and contains ten species <ref name="Grave"/>, including ''Branchioplax washingtoniana'', <ref>Page 86, ''Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3''. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961</ref> ''Branchioplax carmanahensis'',<ref>Page 66, ''Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada''. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. ISBN 0660190923/ISBN 9780660190921</ref> and ''Branchioplax ballingi''.<ref>Page 319, ''Bulletin de la Société géologique de France'', Société géologique de France, 1959.</ref> |
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[[File:Branchioplax species 01 SR EC 07-01-26.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Fossil ''Branchioplax carmanahensis''.]] |
[[File:Branchioplax species 01 SR EC 07-01-26.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Fossil ''Branchioplax carmanahensis''.]] |
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Branchioplax is an extinct genus of crab which existed in Alaska and Washington during the Eocene period. It was first named by Mary Rathbun in 1916, and contains ten species [1], including Branchioplax washingtoniana, [2] Branchioplax carmanahensis,[3] and Branchioplax ballingi.[4]
References
- ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Page 86, Bulletin: Geological section, Volume 31, Issues 1-3. By Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody. Israel Program for Scientific Translations., 1961
- ^ Page 66, Cretaceous and eocene decapod crustaceans from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. NRC monograph publishing program, Canadian electronic library. By Carrie Ellen Schweitzer, National Research Council Canada. 2003. ISBN 0660190923/ISBN 9780660190921
- ^ Page 319, Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, Société géologique de France, 1959.
External links
- The Family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura): systematics phylogeny and fossil records.
- Branchioplax at the Paleobiology Database
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