Metacarcinus minutoserratus

Metacarcinus minutoserratus is an extinct crab from the family Cancridae, which is known for its robust, often rounded carapaces.

Metacarcinus minutoserratus Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Cancridae
Genus:	Metacarcinus
Species:	†M. minutoserratus
Binomial name
†Metacarcinus minutoserratus (Nagao, 1940)

Description

This species was described based on fossil evidence and is thought to have lived during the Pliocene epoch.^[1] It was first discovered by Japanese biologist Hideki Nagamori in 1940 "from a cliff outcrop of the right bank of the Himekawa River near Miyamoto, Otari Village, Kita-azumi County, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan."^[2]