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miocenica

History

Species
Afruca miocenica
Original Usage
Uca miocenica
Original Source with Priority
Artal, P. (2008) Uca miocenica (Crustacea, Decapoda), nueva especie del Mioceno de la Prov. de Barcelona (Cataluña, España). Scripta Musei Geologici Seminarii Barcinonensis, Series Palaeontologica 6:3–16.
Derivation
Named for the Miocene epoch in which the fossil was found

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Notes/Comments

Currently retained as a separate species, there is a reasonable chance this fossil is just a junior synonym for Afruca tangeri.

Binomials Using this Specific Name