Dorippoidea
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Dorippoidea is a superfamily of crab
s. The earliest fossil
s attributable to the Dorippoidea date from the Late Cretaceous
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Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s. The earliest fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s attributable to the Dorippoidea date from the Late Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
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