Joecalcinus

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Joecalcinus
Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Joecalcinus
Species:
J. bolcensis
Binomial name
Joecalcinus bolcensis
Fraaije et. al., 2020

Joecalcinus is an extinct genus of diogenid that lived during the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Joecalcinus bolcensis was found in the Lessini Mountains of northern Italy. [1]

References

  1. Fraaije, René H.B.; Beschin, Claudio; Busulini, Alessandra; Tessier, Giuliano; Jagt, John W.M.; van Bakel, Barry W.M. (29 May 2020). "Joecalcinus, a new hermit crab genus from the Eocene of northern Italy: the second Cenozoic representative of the extant family Calcinidae (Decapoda, Anomura)" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 296 (1–2): 101–105. Bibcode:2020NJGPA.296..101F. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2020/0871. ISSN   0077-7749 . Retrieved 18 February 2025 via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.